Perception of other people Flashcards
Dominant way perceive others and categorise individuals
the face
Big three social categories
age, race and sex
Perceptually ambiguous social categories
better then chance despite no biological markers (Tskhay and Rule
Even when remove parts of the face
immediate vs deliberate ambiguous social categories
Preform better when make quick judgements so little effort or awareness better
own group members categoriesation
learn statistical regularities
e.g. black - hairstyle and white- iris colour
Categorisation-individuation model
memory of in-group vs out-group
attend to facial features which differentiate categories . sometimes individuate others - features that distinguish them so pay attention and better remember them
In- group memory better even with equivalent experience
red vs green group still remembered in-group better
Why categorise
if do accurate gain info about individual
organise info more efficiently
Consequences of social categorisation
how perceive person
remember person
characteristics associated with person
stereotyping
inferences from categorisation
attributions of individuals
properties of that social categories
-inferring other member of that categories are also like that
also draw conclusions of how these traits came to be
essentialism
category properties are inherent and that stereotype attributes are fixed and stable
accuracy of categorisation
level of experience with group
motivation to attend to group members
