Social Cognition & Person Perception

Question 1

Social cognition

Answer 1

involves how we interpret, analyse,
remember and use information to make judgements about
others in different social situations.

Question 2

Person perception

Answer 2

the mental processes we use to inform
impressions and draw conclusions about the personal
characteristic of other people.

Question 3

First impressions can impact

Answer 3

decision making – person perception acts as a source of
information when making choices, such as whether to see
someone again

Interpersonal interaction - First impressions last, as
we tend to trust these ‘gut’ feelings and can treat people
accordingly.

Question 4

Halo effect

Answer 4

a cognitive bias is which the impression we form about
one quality (physical appearance) of a person influences our beliefs and
expectations about the person in other qualities.