Heuristics and Schemas in Social Cognition pt 1

What are heuristics?

• Simple rules for making complex decisions

• Mental frameworks for organizing social information

• Effortful and logical processing in social thought

• Fast and intuitive processing in social thought

Which heuristic involves judging based on resemblance?

• Availability

• Anchoring and Adjustment

• Representativeness

• Status Quo

What is the 'availability' heuristic based on?

• Prototype and resemblance

• Ease-of-retrieval effect

• Uncertainty and adjustment

• What is currently good

Which process of social cognition do schemas influence?

• Attention, encoding, and retrieval

• Priming and schema persistence

• Reasoning by metaphor and controlled processing

• Automatic and controlled processing

What is the impact of schemas on attention?

• They filter information and increase cognitive load

• They activate specific schemas temporarily

• They influence memory for social information

• They lead to perseverance effect

Which process of social thought is fast and intuitive?

• Controlled processing

• Automatic processing

• Reasoning by metaphor

• Encoding and retrieval

What part of the brain is primarily involved in controlled processing?

• Amygdala

• Prefrontal cortex

• Limbic system

• Medial prefrontal cortex

Which heuristic involves using the status quo as a reference point?

• Availability

• Anchoring and Adjustment

• Representativeness

• Status Quo

What is the impact of schemas on encoding?

• Consistent information is encoded, while inconsistent information is ignored

• Inconsistent information is encoded separately with a unique tag

• Inconsistent information is more likely to be stored in long-term memory

• Schemas have no impact on encoding

Which process of social thought occurs in the limbic system?

• Controlled processing

• Automatic processing

• Reasoning by metaphor

• Encoding and retrieval