lecture 6

Question 1

what is the overgeneralization theory

Answer 1

Recognizing emotional cues → survival (fight or flight) → anger cues → danger situation → threat

Superficial cues remind you of threat, you overgeneralize an expression when someone has a resting face, person is not really angry

Theory goes for all facial expressions

Question 2

what is the second overgeneralization theory

Answer 2

BABYFACENESS

Recognizing babies → survival of genes (make sure baby of tribe survive) → weak warm (baby is weaker and warmer)
People overgeneralize this cue
Overgeneralize: adults with babyface → weak, warm

Question 3

what is the 3rd overgeneralized featured

Answer 3

ATTRACTIVENESS
Recognizing fitness (how well your genes are) → survival of genes → mate, desire
Overgeneralize: attractive people → fit → desirable

Question 4

what is the Attractiveness halo effect

Answer 4

attractive people are better personality, kinder, stereotype for people who are beautiful, people relate that to positive stereotypes

Question 5

whats the 4th overgeneralized feature

Answer 5

Familiarity
Recognizing familiar people → kinship → safe, trust
Overgeneralization: People look familiar → trustworthy

Question 6

what is the trait perception from body

Answer 6

Generating a figure of different body types/shapes
Ask people how terms apply to the body type (quiet, reserved, shy, warm, enthusiastic)
Made a factor analysis of the bodies to understand which features of body shift trait perception the most

Question 7

what is the Trait perception from context study

Answer 7

Color intensity increases perceived extraversion and openness for zero acquaintance judgements
Study 1
Generating stimuli: having a person in 2 different background colors
More intense/saturated color are seen as more extraverted/open

Next study
show picture of someone with clothes of different color intensities
High saturated/intense are seen as more extraverted/open