1. Define a schema and describe the functions of schemas (pp. 59-63).
2. Describe how priming increases accessibility, and how these processes influence which schemas are applied (pp. 63-66).
3. Describe how schemas can create a self-fulfilling prophecy (pp. 67-71).
4. Describe the role of culture in the development of schemas (pp. 71-74).
5. Define judgmental heuristics (p. 74).
6. Describe the availability heuristic, and how it is used in social judgment (pp. 75-77).
7. Describe the representativeness heuristic, and how it is used in social judgment (pp. 77-78).
8. Describe the anchoring and adjustment heuristic, how it is used in social judgment, and how it is a form of automatic thinking (pp. 78-82).
9. Describe the concept of "automatic believing" and how controlled processing can overcome this tendency (pp. 84-85).
10. Describe how thought suppression can backfire (pp. 85-87).
11. Define counterfactual thinking and describe how it can have paradoxical effects on people’s emotions (p. 87).
12. Describe how formal training can impact people’s reasoning ability (pp. 90-91).
13. Distinguish between automatic and controlled thought (entire chapter).

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