Conclusion PSYC 101

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Conclusion PSYC 101

• Believing
• How we believe
• Why we continue believing
• Themes

Todays Music Selections
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Spinozan
Cartesian
Represent Believe
No Tag
Assess
Believe
Unbelieve
Believe
Disbelieve
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Spinozan
Cartesian
Represent Believe
Represent
STOP ASSESSMENT
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3. Why we continue believing

• Selective Exposure
• Perseverance
• Polarization

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Selective Exposure
Opportunity Attention Disconfirmation
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Selective Exposure
Number of Questions
Snyder Swann (1978)
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Perseverance
Ross, Lepper, Hubbard (1975)
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Polarization
Lord, Ross, Lepper (1979)
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Beliefs in Brief
We believe what we are told Beliefs are easier to
acquire than to lose
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There will be lots of slides from previous
lectures going over the main themes
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Themes

• Expectations influence outcomes
• Theories drive perception, language, and memory
• The mind is not unitary
• Much of our mental life occurs outside of
  conscious awareness or control
• Situations are powerful, and we often dont
  notice
• Our identities are products of both biological
  factors and social environments
• We dont know ourselves as well as we think we do