Sociology 2233 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Racial Profiling, Autopilot, The Automatic
5 Apr 2016
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On automatic pilot: low effort thinking: automatic thinking: thinking that is non conscious, unintentional, involuntary and effortless. We also tend to fill in the blanks" with schema-consistent information. Stereotypes about race and violence: when applied to members of a social group such as gender or race, schemas are commonly referred to as stereotypes, ex. In 1999, officers in the bronx thought that amadou diallo, a black man, was reaching for a gun when he was simply reaching for his wallet. Cultural determinants of schemas: content of our schemas is influenced by culture, cattle are a central part of bantu culture hence why they have such great memory of which cows are theirs (they create schemas about them) The function of schemas: why do we have them: pamela wallin almost committed career suicide when she accidentally pronounced chancellor. This means a: priming: the process by which recent experiences increase the accessibility of a schemas, trait or concept, eg.
