PYC3701 Assignment 1 Answers.
Conscious thought has strict limits in terms of the amount of information we
can process.
Participants who made their decisions while being prevented from
thinking
about them consciously were more satisfied with the decision made
(unconscious conditions) than th...
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Q1> Answer 3)Heuristics >
Simple rules for making complex decisions or drawing
inferences in a rapid and seemingly effortless manner – to avoid
info. Overload
The reduce cognitive effort
Affect: our current feelings and mood. People have diff. cognitive
frameworks (expectations) for same situation, therefore understand
them
differently. Page 37 (Textbook Baron)
Q2*> Answer 1) Conscious thought has strict limits in terms of the amount of information we
can process.
Participants who made their decisions while being prevented from
thinking
about them consciously were more satisfied with the decision made
(unconscious conditions) than those who could engage in careful,
systematic thought (conscious) or those who chose immediately.
- Unconscious thought has greater capacity while conscious
thought has limitations on amount of info that can be handled.
Q3> Answer 1) mood dependency memory>
mood dependent memory (fact that we tend to remember information consistent
with our current moods)
mood congruence effects (we are more likely to store or remember information
consistent with our current mood) and
Q4* Answer 1>
Q5> Answer 3)> lasting internal lasting causes, temporary external causes
- Depressed individuals show opposite of self-serving bias
- Attribute negative events to internal lasting causes
- Attribute positive events to external temporary causes
- Therefore perceive that they have little control over what happens to
them
- Therapy focuses on changing these attributions so that people can
start
taking personal credit for successful outcome Page 90-91(Textbook
Baron)
Q6> Answer 2)> a)conscious b)controllable c)difficult to self-report
EXPLICIT ATTITUDE: measured with self reports – conscious and
easy to report
IMPLICIT ATTITUDE: uncontrollable and potentially not consciously
accessible –
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