PSY-2213 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Psych, Counterfactual Thinking
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Automatic thinking: the thought that is non conscious, unintentional, involuntary, and effortless. People as everyday theorists: automatic thinking with schemas. Automatic thinking helps us understand new situation by relating them to our prior experiences we categorize people when we meet them rather than forming an opinion the second we meet them. Schemas: mental structures that organize our knowledge about the social world help organize senses and understand the world useful in confusing situations cause help figure out whats going on. Automatic decision making weigh decisions carefully like with goals too much conscious decisions get in the way of a good choice being distracted ultimately helps you make a better decision. Controlled social cognition: high-effort thinking controlled thinking: thinking that is conscious, intentional, voluntary and effortful people can usually turn on and off. People have the ability to think in a conscious, controlled way about only one thing at a time.
