Cognitive Concepts
2. Modes of Processing / Dual Processing
An important theoretical cognitive construct pertinent to understanding heuristics in social situations is mode of processing. What Are Modes of…
3. Memory
What Is Memory? Colloquially, when talking about memory, we usually refer to episodic memory. Episodic memory includes memories of specific…
4. Mental Representations
In the previous topic (3. Memory), we mentioned “knowledge representation”. What IS that? What Are Mental Representations? Mental representations are…
6. Dig Deeper
Individuation Versus Stereotyping Something else worth pointing out — and you may have noticed it already — is that someone…