PSYC 315 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Cognition, Base Rate, Representativeness Heuristic
15 Sep 2016
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Chapter 3: social cognition- how we think about the social world. Social cognition- how people think about themselves and the social world; more specifically how people select, interpret, remember, and used social information to make judgments and decisions: people tend to be good at this. Automatic thinking- when we make decisions without thinking : example: when we see a kid walk into the street we slam on our breaks. Controlled thinking- when we think carefully about the right course of action: example: making a big decision, this is ore effortful and deliberate. On automatic pilot: low effort thinking: when people size up situations quickly and accurately. Make quick assumptions: automatic thinking- thinking that is nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary, and effortless. Based on past experiences and knowledge of the world. Can have schemas about objects, social roles, specific events, other people, ourselves: korsakov"s syndrome.
