PS271 Chapter 15: Chapter 15
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Classify relevant objects in an either or fashion within our constructs. After applying our first contrsut, we often use other biopolar constructs to determine the extent of the blackeness or whiteness. Cognitive personality variables other people, events, and situations. Black box is a metaphor describing the relationship between stimuli and responses. These cognitive variables are part of a complex system that links the situations we encounter with our behaviour. Schemas are hypothetical cognitive structures that help us perceive, organize, process, and use information: one of the main functions is to help us perceive features in our environment. Schemas provide us with a structure within which to organize and process information. Self-concept stable over time cognitive representations of the self play a central role in the way we process information and thus in how we interact with the world around us.
