Describe a time when you learned new information

PST 200/SOC 200

Milestone 2 Assessment

Submit a document answering each of the following questions.

Each answer should be long and refer specifically to content from this section only (no outside research.

Describe a time when you learned new information or new behaviors through operant, associational, or observational learning.

Think about a time when you made a snap judgment about another person. Did your expectations about people influence your judgment of this person? Was the judgment fair or unfair? Do you think that your expectations influence how you respond to people? 

Give an example of a time when you may have committed one of the cognitive errors listed in Table 2.1 “How Expectations Influence Our Social Cognition”. What factors (e.g., availability? salience?) caused the error, and what was the outcome of your use of the shortcut or heuristic.

1. Describe a time you learned or practiced "doing gender"