Chapter 3 / Social Cognition - Psychology

Question 1

what is social cognition?

Answer 1

how we think about ourselves and the social world

Question 2

Two Models of Processing

Answer 2

Automatic- nonconcious, unintentional (pron to error)

Schemas- mental structures to organize knowledge (provides continuity)

Question 3

Schemas and false memory

Answer 3

Can cause us to remember things that arent true

Question 4

Chronic Accessibility

Answer 4

due to past experience over time

Question 5

Temporary accessibility

Answer 5

due to current goals, recent experience

Question 6

**Judgmental Heuristics

Answer 6

Mental short cuts people use to make judgments quickly

Question 7

Automatic Processes

Answer 7

Heuristics ( decision rules) Mental shortcuts

Question 8

Biases in decision making

1. conformation bias
2. false consensus bias
3. hinsight bias
4. framing effects

Answer 8

1. seek out information that supports our beliefs
2. overestimate level others think (how many have same attitude as us)
3. knowing outcome
4. answer depends on how question is framed