This will address one of these topics and I expect that you will be citing both the book and some of these peoples definition in your definition of terms that adapt to your topic
Choose one ;
Think about a time when you made a memorable purchase or a decision, and describe what happened. Include the key concepts from the chapter that explain how social cognition influenced this/these.
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Chapter 2 makes clear that we all make judgments about people or situations based on incomplete information and biases we have. Discuss one or more examples from your own experience using key concepts from the chapter to explain how social cognition influenced these.
The book chapter will be attached as pictures. You just need the chapter 2 from the book and some of these peoples definition of terms that adapts for you the best :
Person A says
Social Identity Theory: the theory that belonging to a group based on shared beliefs, attitudes, and/or activities creates feelings of acceptance and elevated self-esteem; as well as contours our thinking in relation to those in and out of the group.
Person R says
Halo Effect – The halo effect is another instance of decision making in the attitude heuristics that can often be misleading due to ones previous assumptions, actions, and behaviors of a person. An error based decision making process that is usually a bias opinion.
Person C says
Internalization is when a value or belief becomes deeply rooted within our system of values. Once the value or belief is integrated into they system of values, it becomes independent of its original source and extremely resistant to change. (I found helpful that the book notes that it’s opposite pairing is compliance, which has the least enduring effect because once the individual is behaving only to gain reward or avoid punishment.)
Person S says
The Contrast Effect is basically looking at a problem or situation for better or for worse depending on the things it is being compared to. For me this reminds me of a certain situation. Let us say there is a white male boy who goes to an upper class private school. The boy’s family has a little less overall money than the other children’s family. All of his friends from this school have their own bedroom and computer at home. This boy shares a room with his brother and they share a computer. When he goes to his friend’s houses and sees they have a bigger home and their own bedroom and their own computer, he legitimately gets depressed because he feels poor and less privileged. The boy actually feels sad and like he is struggling in life because he has to share his room and computer with his brother.
Person D says
Social Cognition is when a person defines a situation or any stimuli based on what they are currently thinking about or experiencing. This goes hand and hand with the power of perception. As a result of social cognition, people are able to experience the same situation in different ways depending on what they were thinking when the situation occurs. Social cognition explains the “cup half full or half empty” phenomenon due to individual life experience and perception.
Person G says
Identification: A form of conformity that occurs when an individual matches the behaviors, opinions, or values of an admired person or group.
Person J says
A cognitive miser is someone who has a wealth of thoughts and thinking power, but refuses to spend any more than is necessary – sometimes at the cost of completing accurate narratives or thoughts.
Person N says
Bias Blind Spot- the unintentional inaccurate assessment of oneself in light of assessing others by the same measure or judgement.
We tend to have judgements about people or things and hold to our convictions regarding the same, with little understanding or insight to the cause and effect. Generally, we judge people based on their actions but judge ourselves by our intention.
October 21st, 2020 
