Chapter 4 How We Come To Understand Other People Flashcards
Social Perception
The study of how we form impressions of other people and make inference about them
Nonverbal communication
The way in which people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words; facial expressions, and one of voice, gestures
Encode
To express or emit nonverbal behaviour, such as smiling
Decode
To interpret the meaning of the nonverbal behaviour other people express,
Affect blend
A facial expression in which one part of the face registers one emotion while another part of the face registers a different emotion
Display rules
Culturally determined rules about which emotional expressions are appropriate to show
Emblems
Nonverbal gestures that have well-understood definitions within a given culture
Implicit personality theory
A type of schema people use to group various kinds of personality traits together, example minded with generosity
Attribution theory
The study of how people explain the causes of their own and other people’s behaviour
Internal attribution
The inference that a person is behaving in certain way because of something about him or her such as attitude, character
External attribution
The inference that a person is behaving a certain way because of a current situation he she is in.
Covariation model
A theory stating that to form an attribution about what caused a persons behaviour, we systematically note the pattern between the presence of possible casual factors and wether or not the behaviour occurs
Consensus information
Information about the extent to which other people behave the same way towards the same stimulus.
Distinctiveness information
the extent to which the actor behaves in the same way toward different stimulus ( people, situation)
Consistency information
Information about the extent to which the behaviour between the actor and the stimulus is the same across time and circumstances
