chapter 6A Flashcards
JUDGING AND PERCEIVING OTHERS
PERSON PERCEPTION
different mental processes used to understand and form impressions of other people
person perception-what first impressions impact the process of:
-decision making. person perception acts as a source of info when making choices.
-interpersonal interactions. humans tend to trust ‘gut’ feelings and treat others accordingly
ATTRIBUTION
an evaluation made abt the causes of behaviour and the process of making this evaluation
steps in cognitive process of attribution?
- observation of outward act of behaviour-see someone running down street
- conscious determination or acknowledgement of behaviour-actively decide behaviour observed was someone running down a street
- attribute causes to this observed behaviour-infer the person running down the street is that they are disorganised or running late
internal attribution (personal)
occurs when a behaviour is judged as a result of something personal such as age, gender, ability, past behaviour
external attribution (situational)
determining the cause of a behaviour from situational factors from environment outside individual
fundamental attribution error
our tendency to explain others behaviour in terms of internal factors, ignoring external factors
ATTITUDE
an evaluation of something, such as a person, object, event, or idea.
TRI-COMPONENT MODEL OF ATTITUDES(A-B-C)
a model that illustrates the relationship between the affective, behavioural, and cognitive components of our attitudes.
affective component
feelings towards something reflected in attitude
e.g. I love dinner
behavioural component
outward and behavioural actions
e.g. i cook and eat dinner every night
cognitive component
consider facts of object of attitude, beleifs towards it.
e.g.dinner is the best meal of the day
STEREOTYPE
widely held belief and generalisation about a group. stereotypes correspond with the cognitive component of our attitudes.
attribution style
tendencies and repeated patterns in the way someone makes attributions. someone who regularly attributes behaviour to negative causes might be labelled as having a pessimistic style.
