SOP-3004 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Confirmation Bias, Yield Sign, Situation Awareness
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Chapter 3 learning objectives: explain different ways in which perceptions may guide interpretation of events. Be sure to include a description of the priming effect. Priming activating particular associations in memory (priming one thought, even without awareness, can influence another thought or action) Incorporating incorrect information into memories after being mislead (e. g. , recalling a stop sign as a yield sign: compare controlled and automatic processing. Describe the benefits and downfalls of automatic/ intuitive thinking. Dual attitudes system = our thinking is influenced by controlled processing (explicit, deliberative, conscious) and automatic processing (implicit, effortless, habitual) Pros of automatic (aka intuitive) thinking schemas (knowing how to act in situations), expertise and skills, following your gut feeling . Cons can be incorrect information, overconfidence phenomenon more confident than correct: explain the overconfidence phenomenon and confirmation bias and provide examples of each. Overconfidence phenomenon e. g. , abraham lincoln, john adams, _____ (thinking the list is of presidents when it"s really of dead people)
