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Stangor Chp 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The change of schemas or attitudes on the basis of new information. | accommodation |
| A phenomenon in which an accessible stimulus, such as a number (the anchor) overly influences our judgment b/c we do not sufficiently adjust our judgments away from it enough | anchoring and adjustment |
| when our existing knowledge influences new information in a way that makes the conflicting information fit with our existing schemas and attitudes | assimilation |
| learning that occurs when an object or event comes to be associated with response, such as a behavior or positive or negative emotion | associational (classical or respondent) conditioning/learning |
| the tendency to make judgments of the frequency or likelihood that an event occurring on the basis of the ease with which it can be retrieved from memory | availability heuristic |
| the likelihood that events occur across a large population | base rates |
| the extent to which a particular schema or attitude is activated in memory, and this likely to be used in perception | cognitive accessibility |
| the tendency to think about events according to "what might have been" | counter factual thinking |
| a neuroimaging technique which assesses brain activity by measuring | event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
| the tendency to overestimate the extent to which other people are similar to us | false consensus bias |
| the relatively permanency change in thoughts, feelings or behavior that occurs as a result of experience | learning |
| techniques that directly or indirectly assess the structure and function of the brain | neuroimaging |
| learning that occurs through exposure to and observation of the behavior of others | observational learning (modeling) |
| learning based on principle that experiences that are followed by positive experiences or emotions (rewards) are likely to be repeated, (punishments) are less likely to be repeated | operant or instrumental learning |
| the technique of temporarily bringing information into memory through exposure to situational events | priming |
| basing our judgments on information that seems to represent, or match, what we expect to happen | representativeness heuristic |
| attracting attention, for instance, because they are unique, colorful, bright or moving | salient |
| the part of our mental activity that relates to social activities and which helps us meet the goal of understanding and predicting behaviors in ourselves and others | social cognition |
| social cognition that occurs quickly and without taking much effort and often out of our conscious awareness | spontaneous (automatic) processing |
| social cognition that is systematic and takes effort | thoughtful (controlled) processing |
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