Psychology 6.1 + 6.2: Overview + Person Perception

Question 1

Social cognition:

Answer 1

how we think/use information to understand and make judgments about ourselves/others in social situations.

Question 2

Person perception:

Answer 2

the mental processes we use to think about and evaluate other people

Question 3

Physical Cues:

Answer 3

the way people look and the way they act.

Question 4

Halo effect:

Answer 4

judging someone positively based on one, singular positive trait, making us assume that everything else about that person is also good

Question 5

Reverse Halo Effect:

Answer 5

positive characteristic indicates the presence of negative characteristics.

Question 6

Horn effect:

Answer 6

assumption that a negative characteristic indicates the presence of one or more other negative characteristics.

Question 7

Body Language:

Answer 7

Information conveyed through non-verbal communication

Question 8

Salience:

Answer 8

any personal characteristic that is distinctive, prominent, or noticeable in its context and therefore attracts attention

Question 9

Social Categorisation:

Answer 9

classifying people into different groups on the basis of common characteristics.

Question 10

First Impression

Answer 10

Your initial thoughts on someone/something based on first interaction/exposure

Question 11

First Impression

Answer 11

Your initial thoughts on someone/something based on first interaction/exposure