In Class Notes (2/21 & 2/24) Flashcards
Expectations cause those expectations to come true:
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Thinking that occurs out of our awareness, quickly, and without taking much effort:
Automatic Cognition
Thinking that is deliberate:
Controlled Cognition
Some schemas and attitudes are more accessible than others:
Cognitive Accessibility
Some stimuli, such as those that are unusual, colorful, or moving, grab our attention:
Salience
We tend to make judgments according to how well the event matches our expectations:
Representativeness Heuristic
Things that come to mind easily tend to be seen as more common:
Availability Heuristic
Although we try to adjust our judgments away from them, our decisions are overly based on the things that are most highly accessible in memory:
Anchoring and Adjustment
We may “replay” events such that they turn out differently—especially when only minor changes in the events leading up to them make a difference:
Counterfactual Thinking
We tend to see other people as similar to us:
False Consensus Bias
We tend to have more confidence in our skills, abilities, and judgments than is objectively warranted:
Overconfidence
Feelings about ourselves and others:
Social Affect
Emotions help us respond to our ______:
Environment
Connects the brain stem and spinal cord with internal organs, and regulates internal body processes that require no conscious effort:
Autonomic Nervous System
Responds to threats by activating the organs and glands in the endocrine system (fight or flight):
Sympathetic Nervous System
Involved in resting, digesting, relaxing, and recovering (rest and digest):
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Change in bodily sensations; accompanies strong emotions:
Arousal
Emotion = Arousal + Cognition:
Two-Factor Theory of Emotion
Incorrectly labeling the source of arousal:
Misattribution of Arousal
Functions of Emotions (2):
Motivate behavior: seek out positive emotions and avoid negative emotions
