PSYCH 1 Chapter 2: Lecture 7 Notes
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Automatic cognition : availability bias; cognitive dissonance; limits of cognition; system 1 vs. system 2 cognition; target search task; interference (stroop task); experience and cognition. Memory : sensory input; storage (sensory; short-term / working; long-term); working memory training; encoding (rehearsal vs. semantic vs. acoustic); retrieval. Availability bias : the more available (memorable; apparent; recent) information, the more we will think about / use the information to influence decisions. Data : change availability less bias. Cognitive dissonance : when people"s thoughts (about the self) differ from their behaviors; goal is to reduce dissonance as easily as possible. [bad grades] change identity to be consistent with behavior change behavior to be consistent with identity change interpretation of (or attention to) behaviors to be consistent with identity [rationalization] System 1 : the non-conscious ; automatic; fast; requires low-resources; the fringe . System 2 : the conscious ; controlled; slow; resource intensive; the focus .
