PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Autopilot, Social Cognition, Impression Formation
3 Feb 2018
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On automatic pilot low-effort thinking (cid:374)ot deli(cid:271)erate (cid:271)ut does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)atter (cid:449)hat else doing, brain still records. Controlled social cognition high-effort thinking can only think of 1 high effort thinking at a time. Automatic thinking = thinking that is unconscious, unintentional, involuntary, effortless. Recognizing a common object (sunglasses) or situation (birthday party) Schemas = mental structures people use to organize their knowledge about the social world organizational structure of info inside minds designed to make more efficient navigator of social world. Influence the info we notice, think about, remember: whne schema-inconsistnet info grabs our focus. Influence way which we process info info that is relevant to schema is processed quicker than info that is not relevant. Milk no: alcohol family might think alcoholic more accessible info used to interpret ambiguous situation. Unattractive condition person calling might be more uncomfortable and behave more negatively towards them so that they end up making more negative statements: different perceptions influence different behaviours.
