PSY 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.9: Extraversion And Introversion, We Wanna, Internal Consistency

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2110
• Professor: Gary Capstick

Document Summary

Intro: preconceptions (stereotype or impression) can lead us to engage in biased information gathering. A tendency to actively search for information that is consistent with a schema. Speak to the person and ask them questions that have effect of conforming of what you believe. Ask questions that seek to con rm a belief (the carnivals if they"re from brazil. Ask boys about cars stereotype) and girls about dolls. More likely to ask them about spicy food and. Typically started with an erroneous rule and searched for con rming evidence, while failing to attempt to discon rm - most people don"t try to discon rm their hypothesis *i. e. ask 5,6,7. Self-fulfilling prophecy: schemas can bias people to treat others in ways that are consistent with the expectations derived from the schema. Treating someone based on your preconception of them, and getting them to behave that way: self-fulling prophecy: the phenomenon whereby initially false expectations cause the ful llment of those expectations.