Social Beliefs Flashcards
What are the two systems we use to judge our social world?
Conscious/Unconscious
Attempting to influence judgement by activating associations is memory is:
Priming
Automatic processing uses:
schemas and emotional reactions
When we are eager to seek validation for beliefs, avoid disproving evidence:
Confirmation bias
Heuristics are:
simple mental shortcuts based on previous experiences or stereotypes
when we are aware of more examples relating to one answer versus another, we use the:
availability heuristic
a high level of emotional arousal leads to an increase of using:
heuristics
Persistence of your initial conceptions, even after the were discredited:
Belief perseverance
When attributing intention or motivation to another person’s negative behaviour, we sometimes fail to:
make situational attributions (physical or social circumstances)
The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences on others’ behaviour
The Fundamental Attribution Error
3 factors in Kelley’s Covariation Model
Consensus
Consistency
Distinctiveness
We are more likely to use Covariation when events are: (3 of 4)
Unexpected
Unpleasant
Novel
Self-relevant
What occurs in the actor/observer effect?
We attribute the behaviour of others to their disposition, but do the opposite for our own.
What did Dweck discover about praising kids for achievement?
That it led to a fixed mindset and made them more risk averse.
