Lecture 2 Terms

Question 1

Cognitive Dissonance

Answer 1

An unpleasant emotion generated by the simultaneous existence of mutually exclusive beliefs.

Question 2

Confirmation Bias

Answer 2

A cognitive bias to support beliefs we already hold, including the tendency to notice and accept confirming information while ignoring or rationalizing confirmation information.

Question 3

Default Mode

Answer 3

A common behaviour that results from evolved emotions and subconscious processes without metacognitive insight.

Question 4

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 4

A psychological term that refers to the tendency to describe the actions of others to internal motives and attributes rather than external situational factors.

Question 5

Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 5

This term coined by Abraham Maslow that describes the relationship among the basic and higher human needs–from physiological needs like food to emotional needs like self-actualization.

Question 6

Neocortex

Answer 6

The neocortex is the most recently evolved portion of the human brain-specifically, the frontal lobes, which provide executive function, among other things.

Question 7

Subconscious

Answer 7

Brain processing that occurs without conscious awareness.