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What is social cognition?
What is social cognition?
Social cognition refers to how people think about themselves and the social world, including how they select, interpret, remember, and use social information to make judgments and decisions.
What are the two modes of thinking?
What are the two modes of thinking?
The two modes of thinking are intuitive thinking (System 1) and analytical thinking (System 2).
Describe intuitive thinking (System 1).
Describe intuitive thinking (System 1).
Intuitive thinking is quick, reflexive, and often relies on 'hunches'. It requires little mental effort.
Describe analytical thinking (System 2).
Describe analytical thinking (System 2).
What is automatic thinking?
What is automatic thinking?
What are schemas?
What are schemas?
Give an example of an automatic function.
Give an example of an automatic function.
Who traveled in the same limousine?
Who traveled in the same limousine?
What happened to their flights?
What happened to their flights?
Who arrived at the airport 30 minutes after the scheduled departure time?
Who arrived at the airport 30 minutes after the scheduled departure time?
Who is more upset, Mr. Crane or Mr. Tees?
Who is more upset, Mr. Crane or Mr. Tees?
What is counterfactual thinking?
What is counterfactual thinking?
Give an example of counterfactual thinking in the real world.
Give an example of counterfactual thinking in the real world.
What is the adaptive function of counterfactual thinking?
What is the adaptive function of counterfactual thinking?
What is the overconfidence barrier?
What is the overconfidence barrier?
What can improve judgment according to the text?
What can improve judgment according to the text?
Explain the concept of schemas and their functions.
Explain the concept of schemas and their functions.
What are the three ways schemas become accessible?
What are the three ways schemas become accessible?
Define priming and give an example.
Define priming and give an example.
What is self-fulfilling prophecy? Provide examples.
What is self-fulfilling prophecy? Provide examples.
Explain embodied cognition and provide examples.
Explain embodied cognition and provide examples.
What are heuristics and why are they prone to errors?
What are heuristics and why are they prone to errors?
Explain the availability heuristic.
Explain the availability heuristic.
What is the availability heuristic?
What is the availability heuristic?
Give an example of the availability heuristic.
Give an example of the availability heuristic.
What is the representativeness heuristic?
What is the representativeness heuristic?
Provide an example of the representativeness heuristic.
Provide an example of the representativeness heuristic.
What is the difference between analytic thinking style and holistic thinking style?
What is the difference between analytic thinking style and holistic thinking style?
How are attentional processes shaped by culture?
How are attentional processes shaped by culture?
What is controlled thinking?
What is controlled thinking?