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what is short term memory

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Info and input that is currently activated

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what is long term memory

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Information from past experience that may or may not be currently activated

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process of long term memory

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encode
rehearse
consolidate
retrieve

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how does social media use effect recall

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Divided attention between social media and taking pictures may impair ability to recall that experience

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how do we encode

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A reconstructive process
Influenced by bias, schemas, motives and goals

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what type of information is easier to remember

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schema consistent information

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what is mood congruent memory

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Remember positive info in positive mood and negative info in negative mood

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what is the misinformation effect

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Cues given after an event can plant false information in memory

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What did Elizabeth Loftus find about eye witness testimony

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-Leading questions by police investigators and exposure to information after an event can influence witness memories
-Repressed memories of childhood abuse can be falsely reconstructed

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how do people tend to perceive actions

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in terms of cause and effect

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what does ‘the naïve scientist’ refer to

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act as though we are naïve in order to control
-the need to form a coherent view of the world
-the need to gain control over the environment

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what two dimensions does causal attribution vary on

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  • Locus of causality - internal and external
    Stability - stable or unstable
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what is internal locus of causality

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Any explanation that locates the cause as being internal to the person (personality, mood, attitudes, abilities, effort)

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what is internal locus of causality also known as

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person attribution

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what is external locus of causality

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Any explanation that locates the cause as being external to the person (actions of others, the nature of the situation, luck)

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what is external locus of causality also know as

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situation attribution

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Stable vs unstable causes

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Permanent and lasting vs temporary and fluctuating

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Controllable vs uncontrollable causes

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Extent to which causes are influenced by others or random

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what is correspondent inference theory

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People try to infer a correspondent inference that one’s action indicates a stable personality characteristic

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what is the correspondent inference model is limited to

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using a single instance of behaviour to explain behaviour

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when is correspondent inference more likely - social desirability

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more likely when socially undesirable behaviours are observed

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when is correspondent inference more likely - choice

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when the behaviour shown is freely chosen

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when is correspondent inference more likely - non- common effects

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more likely when comparing behaviour to alternative behaviours

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what is the covariation model

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-considers multiple observations and considers external and internal attributions
- We assume that the cause is something that “covaries” alongside the behaviour most often

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factors of covariation

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-consensus information
-consistency information
-distinctiveness information

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what is consensus information

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How others react to the same stimulus

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what is consistency information

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Reacting to stimulus in the same way on different occasions

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what is distinctiveness information

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Reacting in the same way to other stimuli

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example of causal attribution - gender differences

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  • Boys attribute math difficulties to lack of effort or bad teaching (external)
    -Girls tend to attribute math difficulties to lack of math ability (internal)
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what is fundamental attribution error

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The tendency to attribute behaviour to internal qualities of the actor and underestimate situational factors

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what is the actor-observer effect

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Tendency to make internal attributions for behaviour of others and external attributions for our behaviour

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exceptions of the actor observer effect

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-Internal attributions more likely made for our successes
-Actor-observer difference stronger for negative behaviour

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what are self serving attributions

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Tendency to attribute successes to internal attributions and failures to external factors outside of our control

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who are less likely to correct their judgment of others

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people who are cognitively strained

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why are intergroup attributions problematic

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can propagate prejudice and discrimination against minority groups in society

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why are causal attributions important

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  • Play a large role in the judgments and decisions people make about others and themselves
  • Derived from complex/ambiguous circumstances - can help us make sense of the world
    -Maintain consistency
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bottom up impression formation

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individual observations to form an impression

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what is involved in bottom up impression formation

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○ Thin slices - can be inaccurate
○ Negative bias
Theory of mind - mirror neurons

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top down impression information

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using preconceived ideas and schemas as a basis for impression

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factors involved in top down impression formation

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○ Transference
○ False consensus - assumption that your own views are correct
Representativeness heuristic

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when are we more likely to use bottom up processing in impressions

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○ Highly motivated to get to know someone
○ Need to work with someone
○ Feel similar to someone

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what is primacy effect

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What we learn early on shapes our judgements

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what is the halo effect

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social perception of a person is constructed around a single trait

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what are dangers of the halo effect

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  • Advertising and Misleading Health Halos
    -Labelling products healthy creates deceptive health halos
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why can expectations can lead to self-fulfilling prophecies

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  • An expectation changes how we act towards others
  • Shapes others behaviours and makes are expectations come true
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example of self fulfilling prophecy in the workplace

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  • Can influence the job performance of new cashiers in the grocery store
  • When assigned to work with biased manager, minorities were more likely to be absent, leave work early, scan items slowly, etc.
  • When working with unbiased managers, minorities often performed better than majority workers…
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example of self fulfilling prophecy in the classroom

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  • Randomly assigned students labelled as ‘bloomers’
    These performed better within school than the students who were not labelled

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