Social Cognition Flashcards
1
Q
What is social cognition?
A
The way people select and interpret social information to make decisions and judgements
2
Q
What is automatic thinking?
A
Thinking that is unconscious, effortless, involuntary
3
Q
What are schemas?
A
Mental structures that organise our knowledge about the world
4
Q
What is the value of schemas?
A
Organise and make sense of the world
