PSYC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Availability Heuristic, Psych, Homicide
23 May 2020
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Once people think you"re going to succeed, you are more likely to succeed. Once people think you"re going to fail, you are more likely to fail. Act to counter your expectation or stereotype, and see what happens oppose the schema. Boys surpass girls on standardized tests such as sat. Males score higher than females on gre. Large scale self-fulfilling prophecy: institutions may have greater expectations for males. Mention boys more often than girls as their most gifted students. On average, report that their sons are more gifted than their daughters. Boys believe they have higher academic ability than girls do. Judgements & decision making in everyday life. We often rely on automatic thinking and mental shortcuts when making decisions heuristics (3 types) People base a judgement on the ease with which they can bring something to mind often useful, but can lead to errors.
