Tammie Swann
PSY3380XA
Week 3 Writing Assignment
Concept 1: Cognitive Shortcuts
Summary:
Cognitive shortcuts are a way to make the perception and interpretation of human behavior easier and quicker. In social situations it takes a lot of effort to perceive and interpret what others do. Cognitive shortcuts allows us to make rapid decisions and predictions. There are three different cognitive shortcuts. Expectations which is what we expect of others based on our beliefs. This eliminates the effort of evaluating each new situation. Dispositional inferences which is a judgment on a person’s behavior due to their disposition of personality. However, this can lead to correspondence bias. The next is cognitive heuristics. There are different categories …show more content…
I tend to be at me best in the morning, around 8 a.m. to around 12 pm, and after some rest I am good again from about 3pm to 7pm. During these times I am more alert and able to focus more on things that need to be done. Before or after my peak time I will call it, would be when I use the most cognitive shortcuts in order to keep focused on what is the most important for that time. I believe that it would be easier to jump to conclusions during my off times, creating bad judgments. I know with my school work I try to do it in my peak hours as I find it easier to concentrate. In the off times I get sidetracked to easily by what is going on around me. It is easier to use the cognitive shortcuts during the peak times to avoid the external happenings around …show more content…
We may have equality now, where as we did not have in the past, but we still have stereotypes that cause difficulty in displaying and sometimes even achieving power and status. In our society women are supposed to be the caregivers of the family, they are to be more sensitive than men. When a woman in power presents their status they are often disliked by both men and women. They are looked upon as being the opposite of what is socially acceptable for their stereotypes. They must not look to be too domineering, to assertive, nor to task oriented to avoid these judgments against them. Often women in power are perceived as cold and conniving. Men however are told from a young age that they are to be the masters or kings of their homes. They are told that displaying dominance is what women look for in a man. When they display their status it is something to be proud of. Men are influenced by other powerful men but are often uninfluenced by powerful women. Assertiveness in men is expected and often times a trait that is looked for in positions of power also increasing status. Assertiveness in women is frowned upon and diminishes status. (Kenrick, Neuberg, Cialdini,
PSY3380XA
Week 3 Writing Assignment
Concept 1: Cognitive Shortcuts
Summary:
Cognitive shortcuts are a way to make the perception and interpretation of human behavior easier and quicker. In social situations it takes a lot of effort to perceive and interpret what others do. Cognitive shortcuts allows us to make rapid decisions and predictions. There are three different cognitive shortcuts. Expectations which is what we expect of others based on our beliefs. This eliminates the effort of evaluating each new situation. Dispositional inferences which is a judgment on a person’s behavior due to their disposition of personality. However, this can lead to correspondence bias. The next is cognitive heuristics. There are different categories …show more content…
I tend to be at me best in the morning, around 8 a.m. to around 12 pm, and after some rest I am good again from about 3pm to 7pm. During these times I am more alert and able to focus more on things that need to be done. Before or after my peak time I will call it, would be when I use the most cognitive shortcuts in order to keep focused on what is the most important for that time. I believe that it would be easier to jump to conclusions during my off times, creating bad judgments. I know with my school work I try to do it in my peak hours as I find it easier to concentrate. In the off times I get sidetracked to easily by what is going on around me. It is easier to use the cognitive shortcuts during the peak times to avoid the external happenings around …show more content…
We may have equality now, where as we did not have in the past, but we still have stereotypes that cause difficulty in displaying and sometimes even achieving power and status. In our society women are supposed to be the caregivers of the family, they are to be more sensitive than men. When a woman in power presents their status they are often disliked by both men and women. They are looked upon as being the opposite of what is socially acceptable for their stereotypes. They must not look to be too domineering, to assertive, nor to task oriented to avoid these judgments against them. Often women in power are perceived as cold and conniving. Men however are told from a young age that they are to be the masters or kings of their homes. They are told that displaying dominance is what women look for in a man. When they display their status it is something to be proud of. Men are influenced by other powerful men but are often uninfluenced by powerful women. Assertiveness in men is expected and often times a trait that is looked for in positions of power also increasing status. Assertiveness in women is frowned upon and diminishes status. (Kenrick, Neuberg, Cialdini,