PSYC 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Thought Suppression
20 Nov 2012
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Social cognition the way people think about themselves and the social world: how they select, interpret, remember, and use social information to make judgments and decisions. Automatic thinking with schemas helps us understand new situations by relating them to prior experiences. Cultural determinants of schemas the content of our schemas is influenced by our culture i. e. hockey to canadians vs. hockey to koreans. Typically very useful in helping us organize and make sense of the world and to fill in the gaps of our knowledge. Useful when we encounter information that is confusing or ambiguous because they help us figure out what"s going on. Schemas: accessibility the extent to which schemas and concepts are at the forefront of our minds and therefore likely to be used when we make judgments about the social world. Priming the process by which recent experiences increases the accessibility of a schema, trait, or concept.
