1. Reasons for Unreason Attitudes About The World Reasons for Unreason Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin

2. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Reasons for Unreason Reason for Unreason “What good fortune for those in power that people do not think” - Adolph Hitler 8-2

3. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Reasons for Unreason Perception of Media Bias 8-3

4. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Reasons for Unreason Judging Our Social World Heuristics: Mental Shortcuts –The availability heuristic 8-4

5. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Reasons for Unreason Judging Others Illusory thinking –Illusory correlation –Illusion of control 8-5

6. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Reasons for Unreason Expectations of Our Social World Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Teacher Expectations and Student Performance Getting from Others What We Expect –Behavioral confirmation 8-6

7. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Reasons for Unreason Self-Fulfilling Prophecies 8-7

8. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Reasons for Unreason Self-Fulfilling Beliefs 8-8