Social Cognition
These two terms are the basic elements of social cognition
What are Intuition and Logic
This is our cognitive framework to help us organize and interpret social information
What are mental structures
A person who likes to go through all options and all details before making a decision is called a
What is a maximizer
Our backward-looking way we convince ourselves we "knew it all along" is called what
What is the hindsight bias
Any mental shortcut we use to help us make decisions
What is a Heuristic
This is also known as our "gut" instinct
What is, Intuition
What is a script
What it is called when we have beliefs or perceptions that do not hold up to reality
What is magical thinking
An unrealistic expectation that things will turn out well
This is a systematic, logical, but sometimes slow method of searching for a solution to a problem or question
What is an algorithm
This is knowing by thinking slowly and systematically
What is logic
What is it called when we organize information by assuming that everyone in a certain group has the same characteristics.
What is a stereotype
When making a decision, you make a "good enough" decision considering a couple important facts. This is called
What is satisficing
If I only look for information that confirms what I already believe what bias am I experiencing?
What is the confirmation bias
This heuristic is our tendency to overestimate the frequency of something based on how easily it comes to mind
What is the availability heuristic
Complex decisions often require using logic AND tuition which is called
What is dual processing
Memory structure that automatically interprets, categorizes and prioritize incoming information
What are schemas
This is imagining what might have been
What is counterfactual thinking
Our tendency to notice and remember negative information better than positive is called what?
The negativity bias.
This is the initial activation of a concept
What is priming
When we have too much to process at one time, this is called
What is cognitive overload
We tend to want the simplest and quickest answer to situations and take mental shortcuts because we are
What is a Cognitive Miser
If I had left home just five minutes later I might have been involved in the accident near my home. This is an example of what kind of thinking
What is downward counterfactuals
When you believe you won project, unlike similar projects, will proceed as planned is called
What is the planning fallacy
I was at Target and happened to be wearing a red shirt and someone thought I worked there and asked me how to find a product. This individual was experiencing this bias
The representative bias