6A Judging and Perceiving Others

Question 1

Person Perception

Answer 1

Person perception refers to the different mental processes used to understand and form impressions of other people

Question 2

Attributions

Answer 2

An attribution is an evaluation made about the causes of behaviour and the process of making the evaluation

Question 3

Internal Attribution

Answer 3

Internal attribution is when we judge a behaviour as being caused by something personal about the individual

Question 4

External Attribution

Answer 4

External attribution is when we judge a behaviour as being cause by something situational occurring outside of the individual

Question 5

Fundamental Attribution error

Answer 5

Fundamental attribution error is our tendency to explain other people’s behaviour in terms of internal factors, while ignoring possible external factors

Question 6

Attitudes

Answer 6

An attitude is an evaluation of something

For something to be an established attitude, it must meet three criteria:
An evaluation of something: You assesssomething and decide how you feel about it
Can be on a continuum

Settled and stable: Although attitudes can change, they are generally permanent
The stronger the attitude, the harder it is to change the attitude

Learnt through experience
E.g. For example, if youate a pizza with pineapple on it and decided you hated it, you would have developed a negative attitude towards pineapple on pizza

Question 7

Tri component Model of attitudes - Affective

Answer 7

Theaffective component refers to the emotional reactions or feelings an individual has towards something

Question 8

Tri component model of attitudes - Behavioural

Answer 8

The behavioural component describes our outward and observable actions that reflect our point of view about something

Question 9

Tri Component model of attitudes - Cognitive

Answer 9

The cognitive component involves our thoughts towards something

Question 10

Inconsistencies with the Tri Component Model

Answer 10

Some psychologists believe that there are possibly only affective and cognitive components of attitudes because a person’s behaviour does not always reflect the attitude they hold

Question 11

Stereotype

Answer 11

Astereotypeis a collection of beliefs that we have about the people who belong to a certain group