Chapter 4/ Social Perception - Psychology Flashcards

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social perception

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how we form impressions about other people/ understanding other people

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darwin universality hypothesis

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  • all humans encode and decode facial expression the same
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what affects accurate identification of facial expressions?

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-affect blends, concealed emotions, display rules

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We process information that is?

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  • consistent with our schemas
  • directly affects us
  • relevant to our self-schema
  • unusual or unconforming behaviours
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attribution theory

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the cause of someones behaviour

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covariation model of attribution

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we attribute behaviour to factors that are present when the behaviour occurs

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internal attribution

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caused by person

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external attribution

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caused by environment

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Types of information

  1. consensus
  2. unusual/distinctiveness
  3. consistency
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  1. are other behaving the same way?
  2. do they treat others the same way?
  3. do they behave this way over time?
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Covariation Model

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-When explaining other people’s behaviors, we look for similarities (covariation) across a range of situations to help us narrow down specific attributions

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two step model of attribution

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step 1. we make automatic internal dispositional attributions for behaviour
step 2. given cognitive ability, we consider situational factors

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Biases in Attribution Process

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  • overemphasize internal cause of behaviour
  • perceptual salience (exaggerating info = makes us fearful)
  • cultural influences
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Actor - observer difference

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-explain our behaviour more in terms of situation

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