Social Cognition Flashcards
Person Schema
Beliefs about other people
Self Schema
Memory, inferences, information about self
Role Schema
Behaviours expected of people
Event Schema
Scripts for well know situations
Content-free Schema
rules about information processing
Contrast Effect
Beliefs influences by something just seen/heard
Framing Effect
How something is presented to you (10% vs 90%)
Implicit Personality Theory
Knowing that a person has a specific trait leads us to believe they must have other certain ones
Primacy
Traits we first hear about can influence first impressions
Trait Negativity Bias
When we are more influenced by negative traits
Perceptual Confirmation
We see things in line with our beliefs
Illusory Correlation
Invented correlations to maintain the belief
Belief Perseverance
Believe even if proven wrong
Field Dependence
See things as a whole
Feild Interdependent
See things as separate figures