PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fallacy, Explanatory Style, Angina Pectoris
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Psyc 2120 social psychology lecture week 3. What is the key premise of social cognition: the human mind has a limited capacity to process social information, as a result, people a(cid:396)e (cid:862)(cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e (cid:373)iste(cid:396)s(cid:863, we make shortcuts to understand our world. A mental structure that helps people organize knowledge about a stimulus. Make the world more predictable we know what to expect. Class experiment: group 1: intelligent, skillful, industrious, warm, determined, practical and cautious. 91% (good natured and humorous too: group 2: intelligent, skillful, industrious, cold, determined, practical and cautious. Four things schemas do: guide our attention, the invisible gorilla video, influence our memory, waitress/library study. Participants watched a video of a husband and wife having dinner. Participants told that woman was librarian. Participants told that woman was a waitress. Later took quiz concerning the wife: results: Iq test given to all students in school. Teachers are told that some students scored high.
