PSYCH 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hazel Rose Markus
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Effects of schemas contd. (#2) allow filling in the gaps (i. e. making inferences) Eliot example: one word was changed from the right and left side and it greatly affected our thought of eliot"s generosity. Participants learn descriptors about extro or intro person. Participants later shown list of extro & intro descriptors - some shown before and others not. Filled in the gaps based on schemas of extros & Looking at video of hillary clinton stumbling to get into the car and conservatives interpreting it as her not being fit enough to be president. Amanda judges the ideas suggested by a new intern at her husband"s advertising firm to be unlikely to succeed. Amanda"s schema about cowboys leads her to assume that all cowboys are skilled at riding horses. Amanda never goes to office hours because she holds the belief that professors are unhelpful. Whenever amanda sees her ex-boyfriend around campus, she experiences feelings of sadness. (#4) speed up processing.
