PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Cognitive Dissonance, Classical Conditioning, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

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Gender stereotypes : tend to assume that women are emotional, submissive, illogical and passive while men are unemotional, dominant, logical and aggressive. Age stereotypes : suggest that elderly people are slow, rigid, forgetful and asexual. Ethnic stereotype : for example: asians are good at math or italians are passionate. Immediate vs. non-immediate style: example from textbook on the black and white interviewer: Immediate (white): subject gave more closer, more eye contact. Subjectivity and bias in person perception: stereotypes and other schemas create biases in person perception that frequently lead to confirmation of people"s expectations about others. Illusory correlation: occurs when people estimate that they have encountered more confirmations of an association btw social traits than they have actually seen: often, individuals recall facts that fit with their schemas and stereotypes. Attitudes: making social judgements: what are attitudes, attitudes: positive or negative evaluations of objects of thought.