Social Cognition:  How We Think About The Social World
I.       Schemas:  Organizing Information
         A.  What Are Schemas?
         B.  Why Do We Use Schemas?
         C.  How Can Schemas Distort Reality?
         D.  How Are Schemas Formed?

II.    Labeling:  The Sociologist's Schema
        A.  Making and Applying Labels
        B.  Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
        C.  Rosenhan's "On Being Sane in Insane Places"

III.    Persistence of Labels/Schemas

IV.    Mental Shortcuts or "Judgmental Heuristics"
        A.  Availability Heuristic
        B.  Counterfactual Thinking


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