Schemas
Person Schema
(Web Diagram) Trump is associated with *******, Narrow minded, Privileged, weird hair
Schemas influence what?
-Attention -Encoding -Interpretation -Retrieval
Types of Schemas
1. Person Schema 2. Role Schema 3. Prototype 4. Stereotype 5. Specific Event Schema 6. Prototypic Event Schema (Script)
Role Schema
Average professor, student (Web Diagram of professor) Professor associated with smokes pipe, arrogant, has beard
Specific Event Schema
Go to a certain restaurant on Friday night
Stereotype
Impression of typical Hispanic -Likes soccer -Violent -Catholic
Schemas are two sides of a coin
Summaries of past experiences Expectations of future experiences
Schemas produce self-fulfilling prophecy
Teacher sees girls ACT score on math that is lower than males "See! Men are better at math!"
Prototypic Event Schema (Script)
Typical night out at restaurant -Sit down -Eat -Pay check-forgot to but think you did, Fill the Gap since that's the script