Social Psychology (Chapter 3)

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Rodin’s sculpture "The Thinker"

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Mimics controlled thinking, where people consider something slowly and deliberately.

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Example of Automatic Thinking

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Telling the difference between a classroom and a frat party without thinking about it.

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Schemas can fill in the gaps of our knowledge and reduce ambiguity.

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They allow us to make assumptions and predictions when information is incomplete.

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Approach to Situations in Korsakov’s Syndrome

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Must approach each situation as new, even if it is not.

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Perception of a guest speaker

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Students used schemas from a biographical note to understand an unknown guest speaker.

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Ambiguity in perception

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Ambiguity in perception can be clarified using schemas.

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Practical trait in schemas

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Both warm and cold schemas describe the person as practical.

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Determined trait in schemas

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Both warm and cold schemas describe the person as determined.

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Schemas and perception of warmth

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Schemas can lead to perceiving someone as very warm.

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Influence of schemas on perception

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Schemas significantly influence how we perceive others.