Psychology 2720A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Kevin Chappell, Social Cognition, Counterfactual Conditional

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B
• Professor: Mike Morrison

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Chapter 3: social cognition: how we think about the social world: describe and contrast automatic and controlled thinking, apply understanding of social cognitive processes (e. g. , heuristics, mental practice) to your own life. All around perfect guy got hit by a car visual agnosia: a condition where he could see objects but were unsure of what they were. Chappell was able to greet others by name. Why: he was able to recognize faces but only upright faces. Social cognition is the way that people think about themselves, and the social world. It is how we select, interpret, remember, and use social information to make judgments and decisions. Two kinds of thinking: low effort thinking (automatic) and high effort thinking (controlled, slower, and takes more resources). Thinking that is nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary, and effortless. E. g. seeing two dark lenses attached to frame automatically recognize sunglasses. People as everyday theorists: automatic thinking with schemas.