PSY 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Illusory Correlation, Representativeness Heuristic, Conjunction Fallacy
27 Sep 2018
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September 25, 2018; chapter 4: psy 124 fall 2018. Our perceptions strongly in uence how we interrupt and remember events. Our on events and experience in uence the way we see the world. Words related to elderly activate concept of old people walk slower. Think of professor activates concept of smart perform better on test. Seeing doctor will cause quickly recognition of nurse primacy e ect: information often has greater impact when presented early in a sequence rather than late. You remember things earlier on the better (list of items you remember the rst items on that list) The rst things you learn about a person you hold on to con rmation biases: from impression to reality: need for closure: the desire to reduce cognitive uncertainty which heightens the importance of. Rst impressions con rmation bias: the tendency to seek, interpret, and create information that veri es existing beliefs.
