PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cognitive Bias, Symbolic Racism, Implicit-Association Test
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Suppression exercise: the act of deciding not to think about something involves you bringing that thing to mind. This is similar to seeing someone and telling yourself not to be racist. Stereotypes are efficient, fulfill motivations, and automatic. Society has deemed stereotyping to be unsavoury. Suppress stereotypes: this might increase in the amount of stereotyping you do not a decrease. Thought to help us understand how the mind controls itself and other parts of the body. Implementing/operating process (op: takes action to meet desired state (prevent stereotypes, resource-rich; controlled. Monitoring process (mp: compares current state with desired states (scans mind for stereotypes, resource-free; automatic. Under load, op fails, mp continues and results in opposite of intended thought. Hypothesis: because suppressors activate the unwanted stereotype repeatedly (i. e. mp), they will experience rebound effect (i. e. Hypothesis: because suppressors activate the unwanted stereotype repeatedly (i. e. mp), they will experience rebound effect (i. e. greater activation) Either because they"re tired of suppressing or they"re distracted.
