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