exam1: lecture5 Flashcards
what are the core processes of social cognition
attention, interpretation, memory, judgement
what are heuristics
Cognitive strategies that conserve mental effort
Quick, conserve cognitive resources, usually “good enough”
BUT, can lead to make mistakes
Ie. overestimating likelihood of shark attacks
what is Representativeness Heuristic
Classifying something
what is recognition heuristic
Things that are more familiar are more likely to be chosen as the correct answer
what is the false consensus effect
Tendency to overestimate how many people share your opinion
what is Fundamental attribution error (aka correspondence bias)
Tendency to assume a person’s behavior is due to dispositional factors, while ignoring situational influences and constraints
what is correspondence bias
Measured degree to which people believed essay reflected true attribute of author
what is the Better than average effect
People tend to believe they are better than average on positive qualities
what is the Dunning Kruger effect
People who are bad at thing often overestimate their performance (vice versa too)
what is Downward Social Comparison
comparing oneself to others who are worse off, didn’t perform as well
what influences social behavior
core processes
what can shape the core processes
social factors
what is attribution
explantations we come up for peoples behavior
