PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Problem Solving, Procedural Knowledge, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Mark W Baldwin

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Sets up and expectation so group 1 people may perceive as b while group 2 people may perceive as 13. Construal: people"s interpretation and inference about the stimuli or situations they confront. Our construal of social reality is a powerful determinant of our experience and behaviour. Knowing that certain things are a certain way; ex. Knowledge about types of people and social situations. Knowing how to do things; knowing how to think, test ideas and draw conclusions. Rules, skills, and habits for thinking and acting. Schema: a knowledge structure consisting of any organized body of stored information. Also referred to as knowledge structures or concepts. > social role (ex: police officer, professor, gender roles) i. e. amanda (demonstration girl who threw paper) we know she is a student, a girl, then possibilities like perhaps a family member, ta, . Specific people we already have an idea of who they are as a person.