Social Beliefs And Judgement Chapter 3 Summary

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Chapter three is all about social beliefs and judgment. The chapter opens right up with an example of politics. Using an election to discuss the idea of perception. The moral of the example leaves us with how humans look back on events with our assumptions. They way we take in information affects our behavior. The author David Myers references research that shows the extent to which out assumptions and prejudgments guide our perceptions, interpretations and recall. So more often then not our first impressions of one each other in society are right. When it comes to our memories of ourselves the author shows a question asked to college students in 1979. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Memory can be likened to a storage chest in