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4: Perceiving Persons Flashcards

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It is the study of how people form impressions and make inferences about other people as sovereign personalities

A. Self perception
B. Social perception
C. Overall perception

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Social perception

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What are the three (3) elements of social perception?

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  1. Perceptions of situations
  2. A person’s physical appearance
  3. Nonverbal behaviors
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An element of social perception where people often make snap judgments of others based on physical appearances

a. Perceptions of situations
b. A person’s physical appearance
c. Nonverbal behaviors

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A person’s physical appearance

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An element of social perception where people have preconceptions or “scripts” about specific types of situations. These scripts guide our interpretation of behavior.

a. Perceptions of situations
b. A person’s physical appearance
c. Nonverbal behaviors

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Perceptions of situations

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An element of social perception wherein it is often used to determine how others are feeling; from facial expressions, people all over the world can identify the emotions of happiness, fear, sadness, surprise, anger, and disgust.

a. Perceptions of situations
b. A person’s physical appearance
c. Nonverbal behaviors

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Nonverbal behaviors

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It refers to the process by which we explain the causes of events or behaviors.

A. Assumption
B. Theory
C. Attribution
D. Hypothesize

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Attribution

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A group of theories that describe how people explain the causes of behavior

a. Assumption theory
b. Attribution theory
c. Assimilation theory
d. Abstract theory

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Attribution theory

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What are the two (2) types of attribution/ what are the two (2) attribution theories?

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  1. Personal attribution
  2. Situational attribution
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An attribution theory that refers to the internal characteristics of an actor, such as ability, personality, mood, or effort.

a. Personal attribution
b. Situational attribution

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Personal attribution

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Refers to an attribution theory where it is an external to an actor such as the task, other people or luck

a. Personal attribution
b. Situational attribution

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Situational attribution

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Mom’s reaction if you do not wash the dishes

a. Perceptions of situations
b. A person’s physical appearance
c. Nonverbal behaviors

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Perceptions of situations

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Mom’s reaction to your body pierced/tattoed friend

a. Perceptions of situations
b. A person’s physical appearance
c. Nonverbal behaviors

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A person’s physical appearance

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Body language, gaze, touch, and context

a. Perceptions of situations
b. A person’s physical appearance
c. Nonverbal behaviors

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Nonverbal behaviors

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Blaming the victim because of the way she dresses

a. Personal attribution
b. Situational attribution

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Personal attribution

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Blaming the weather for being late to work

a. Personal attribution
b. Situational attribution

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Situational attribution

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It is a cognitive bias that refers to the systematic errors made when people evaluate or try to find reasons for their own and others’ behaviors.
- judgments and assumptions

A. Systematic bias
B. Attribution bias
C. Religious bias

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Attribution bias

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a mental shortcut that allows us to make judgments that are quick but often in error.

often a result of your brain’s attempt to simplify information processing.

If events are easier to recall, our brains assume that they’re more likely to occur.

A. Cognitive heuristics
B. Fundamental attribution error

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Cognitive heuristics

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Discounting the situation and overestimating the role of personal factors

The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences upon others’ behavior.

A. Cognitive heuristics
B. Fundamental attribution error

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Fundamental attribution error

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the fact that people are relatively insensitive to numerical base rates or probabilities; they are influenced more by graphic, dramatic events

a. Base rate fallacy
b. False-consensus effect
c. Counterfactual thinking

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Base-rate fallacy

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a tendency for people to overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions, attributes and behaviors

a. Base rate fallacy
b. False-consensus effect
c. Counterfactual thinking

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False-consensus effect

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a tendency to imagine alternative outcomes that might have
occurred but did not

Thinking of how an alternative would have change the person’s reality

THE WHAT IF’S!

a. Base rate fallacy
b. False-consensus effect
c. Counterfactual thinking

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Counterfactual thinking

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