SOP-3004 Lecture 4: Ch. 3 Notes
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Our preconceptions can influence our perceptions of our social world. The candidate we sided with; questionable pass interference) Perception of others: kulechov effect cues about setting & context can color our perception of others. Memories are actually formed each time we recall them. Misinformation effect: memories of an event are altered after receiving misleading information about the event. Most of our life is determined by automatic mental processes (e. g. , washing hair things (cid:449)e don"t ha(cid:448)e to think of(cid:895) Confirmation bias tendency to seek information that confirms our preconceptions. Overconfidence phenomenon the tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one"s (cid:271)eliefs. Heuristic thinking strategy that enables quick, efficient judgements. Representativeness heuristic if someone matches characteristics of a group, we assume they are in that group: the conjunction of two events cannot be more likely that either of the events alone. Availability heuristic judge likeliness on how readily available they are in our minds.
