Social Perception

Question 1

What was seen as evidence for psychological disorders for Rosenhan and colleagues?

Answer 1

Pacing back and forward in their rooms
Writing notes

Question 2

What is the human tendency to do with lens?

Answer 2

Once someone is seen through a framework we make judgements through the particular lens

Question 3

What is the definition of Social Perception?

Answer 3

The process by which people come to understand one another

Question 4

What are first impressions influenced by?

Answer 4

Strongly influenced by peoples appearance

Question 5

What is the tendency in which people describe facial expressions?

Answer 5

To describe the face as a window to the soul

Question 6

What are some of the rapid judgement we make looking at someone’s face?

Answer 6

How trustworthy they are
How competent they are
How likeable they are

Question 7

What is the motivation of peoples judgements of others?

Answer 7

To make decisions whether this person should be approached or avoided
The social standing of this person

Question 8

How accurate are snap judgements?

Answer 8

Can be useful on the trained eye

Question 9

What was Darwin’s 1872 conception of universality of emotion expression?

Answer 9

That certain facial expressions signalled the type of emotions people experience internally

Question 10

Are facial expressions accurate?

Answer 10

People can feel and show two different things

Question 11

What is Attribution Theory?

Answer 11

Describes how people explain the causes of their own or others behaviours

Question 12

What are the two categories of Explainations

Answer 12

Personal Attributions
Situational Attributions

Question 13

What is Kelly’s Covariation Theory?

Answer 13

People make attributions by considering potential causes that co-occur with the behaviour

Question 14

What are the three kinds of Covariation information that are useful?

Answer 14

Consensus
Distinctiveness
Consistency

Question 15

When’s something more likely to be a Situational Attribution?

Answer 15

When high on all three dimensions
Consensus
Distinctiveness
Consistency

Question 16

When is something more likely to be Personal Attribution?

Answer 16

When high on consistency but low on consensus and distinctiveness

Question 17

What is the Discounting Principle?

Answer 17

It proposes reduced weighting to a particular cause of behaviour if there are other plausible causes

Question 18

What is the Augmentation Principle?

Answer 18

When someone acts out of character in a way where it is not normally produced it proposes greater weighting

Question 19

What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?

Answer 19

People have the tendency to overestimate the role of personal factors and more likely to overlook the role of situational factors

Question 20

What is the Fundamental Attribution Error also known as?

Answer 20

Correspondence Bias

Question 21

What is a interesting finding of FAE?

Answer 21

That people may automatically make personal attributions and then correct to consider situational factors