Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Autopilot, Embodied Cognition, Social Cognition

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

Document Summary

Chapter 3-social cognition: social cognition is way people think about themselves and social world- how select, interpret, remember and use social info to make judgments and decisions, automatic thinking- quick and automatic and controlled thinking- effortful and deliberate. On automatic pilot: low-effort thinking: automatic thinking- thinking that"s nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary and effortless, past experiences and knowledge of world. One study read ambiguous description 2 people exchanged opinions. Primed legal concepts= more competitive and less trustworthy: other= legal prime more competitive playing game and another more opposition gov policy not in self-interest, outside conscious awareness and how perceive others and own behavs. Mental strategies and shortcuts: heuristics: judgmental heuristics- mental shortcuts people use to make judgments quickly and efficiently ex: don"t have schema/ too many schemas, not guaranteed accurate inferences. Controlled social cognition: high-effort thinking: controlled thinking- thinking that is conscious, intentional, voluntary and effortful.