PSYC 473 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Illusory Correlation, Computer Monitor, Spectral Density Estimation
21 Feb 2013
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When using prior knowledge on a certain context, it serves as a filter through which all sophisticated impressions pop up to mind the heart of stereotyping. Categorizing people that shapes the impressions we make about them. Using prior knowledge as a tool for arriving at a fast judgement instead of thinking deeply about the person. A category of people containing typical features, traits and behaviours, organized together as a structure is called a schema. Baseball players, features and qualities related to this schema. Taking someone specifically in the category and display traits and behaviours that these people exemplify, forming an impression on how well someone would fit the category this structure would be called an. What is triggered is a set of rules that dictates how you should behave, when you see someone with particular features. People have prior knowledge about the form, context, and structure of how to tell a story.
