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Brain

Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour

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Magnifying Glass Tilted Left

Unit 1 - Research Methodology

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Herb

Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour

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Globe Showing Europe Africa

Unit 4 - Sociocultural Approach To Behaviour

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Performing Arts

Unit 6 - Health psychology

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Busts In Silhouette

Unit 7 - Pyschology Of Human Relationships

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Chart Increasing

Unit 8 - Developmental psychology

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Bar-Chart

Unit 9 - Internal Assessment

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Light Bulb

Unit 10 - The IB Curriculum - A Conceptual Model

Schemas are like mental maps that guide us through life&#39;s many, often complicated, experiences. Think of them as your brain&#39;s own GPS.

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Let&#39;s look at the different types of schemas that have been proposed

They&#39;re like an artist&#39;s sketch of different groups of people. Stereotypes are a classic example. Ever heard of the stereotype that all blonde people are ditzy? That&#39;s a social schema at work!

Imagine you&#39;re part of a study by Darley and Gross (1983). You&#39;re shown a video of a girl doing a test and told she&#39;s from a high socio-economic status (SES) background. Another group watching the same video is told she&#39;s from a low-SES background. You&#39;d be surprised to learn that the high-SES group rated her performance better! This study shows how our preconceived notions (schemas!) about wealth and poverty affect our perceptions.

These are your brain&#39;s directorial debut, a sequence of events. For instance, how you behave in a restaurant or how you make coffee. Your brain has stored this sequence and it guides you through the process.

Recall your morning routine. Wake up, brush your teeth, have breakfast, etc. If you forget to eat, your brain might nudge you saying, &quot;Hey, you missed a step in the script!&quot;

These are like your brain&#39;s self-portrait. How you perceive and represent yourself comes under self-schema.

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Now, let&#39;s discuss a couple of fascinating studies:

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Bower, Black, and Turner (1979) conducted a study that showed how scripts in our memory help us make sense of data. Subjects read a text, and they recalled not just the actual text but also filled in gaps of missing actions based on the underlying script.

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Think of it this way, you&#39;re reading a story about a visit to the doctor and a visit to the dentist. They&#39;re different scenarios, but your brain recognises a similar &#39;medical appointment&#39; script and fills in missing details accordingly!

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Aaron Beck used the concept of self-schemas in his theory of depression. According to him, depressed people develop a negative self-schema. These negative perceptions, along with automatic thinking patterns, drive the person deeper into depression. It&#39;s like being stuck in a dark tunnel with the negative thoughts amplifying like echoes.

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There you go, a quick dive into the world of schemas. They&#39;re like the unseen puppeteers controlling how we interpret and respond to the world around us! Next time you&#39;re making a coffee or visiting a doctor, remember the magical scripts in action!