Cognitive scripts Flashcards
1
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How are cognitive scripts learnt?
A
- through experience
2
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What is the process of cognitive scripts in social situations?
A
- we recall from memory the relevant script containing the features of the situations
3
Q
What does the cognitive script provide?
A
- what we can expect and how we should behave
4
Q
What are the two aspects of cognitive scripts?
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- memory scripts
- person perception
5
Q
What does memory scripts contain?
A
- contains knowledge of how a social situation ‘plays out’
6
Q
What does memory scripts help with?
A
- what we can usually expect to happen in a situation and how we should behave
7
Q
How are memory scripts organised?
A
- broken down into scenes ordered by time
- concern multiple goals
- dynamic and evolve with experience
- influence memory
8
Q
What is person perception?
A
- the mental processes we use to form impressions and draw conclusions about the personal characteristics of other people
9
Q
What was the piece of research carried out into person perception?
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- Cantor & Mischel 1979
10
Q
What is a weakness evaluation of cognitive scripts?
A
- unjustified assumptions about behaviour
11
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How can misunderstanding of cognitive scripts be used?
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- assuming a script is guiding our behaviour when it isn’t
- following social norms (external cues) instead of internal memory scripts
- scripts and schemas do not always have a significant influence on behaviour and memory
