Chapt 4. Social Perception Flashcards
what is social perception?
the process by which we come to understand one another through observation, explanation, coherent impression of people.
What are scripts?
preconceived notions about certain types of situations.
What is the attribution theory?
how we explain the causes of behavior situational; external
dispositional; internal factors
What is Jones Correspondent inference theory?
inferring whether another`s behavior corresponds to a personal characteristic of the person
What are the three factors of Jones theory?
persons degree of choice, the expectedness of the behavior, the intended effects or consequences
What is Kelley`s covariation theory?
we also make judgements based on situational factors too
What is the covariation principle?
attribution of behavior to factors that are present
What is the consensus factor?
how different people react to the same stimulus
What is the distinctiveness factor?
how the same person reacts to different stimuli
What is the consistency factor?
the behavior when the person, stimulus are held constant
What is the fundamental attribution error?
our tendency to overestimate dispositional factors and underestimate situational factors
What is perceptual salience?
observing the person, not the situation
What are temporal factors?
snap judgments focus on dispositional; but with time we focus on situational factors
What is the impression formation?
the process of integrating formation about someone to form a coherent impression
what is the information integration theory?
the theory that impressions of others are based on the perceiver`s disposition, priming, primacy effects, a weighted average of a targets traits
What is the perceivers disposition?
consistent in the types of impressions we make of others
What is the primacy effect?
tendency for information presented early to have more impact on impressions than information presented later.
What is the priming effect?
tendency for frequently or recently used concepts to come to mind easily and influence the way we interpret new information
