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Social Perception Flashcards

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social perception

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study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them

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nonverbal communication

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way in which people communicate (intentionally or unintentionally), without words

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nonverbal cues

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  • body position/movement
  • eye gaze
  • facial expression
  • gestures
  • tones of voice
  • touch
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nonverbal communication: encode

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to express or emit nonverbal communication
- smiling
- patting someone on the shoulder

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nonverbla communication: decode

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to interpret meaning of the nonveral communication others express
- deciding that a pat on the back is an expression of condescension and not kindness

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nonverbal communication: faces

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  • facial expressions = most significant channel of nonverbal communication
  • Charles Darwin believed that primary emotions conveyed by face = universal
  • This is somewhat confirmed by Ekman
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Ekman’s study

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  • determined universality of at least 6 facial expressions
  • context and culture influence how facial expression = interpreted
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Ekman’s study: the 6 universal facial expressions

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  • anger
  • sadness
  • surprise
  • fear
  • disgust
  • happiness
  • (contempt)
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affect blends

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  • 1/2 face registers one emotion, 1/2 face registers another
  • reason why it may be difficult to interpret facial expressions
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display rules

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  • cultural norms can influence display of emotion
  • culturally determined rules about which nonverbal B = appropriate
  • i.e. some people believe it is more acceptable for men to get angry than women
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cultures and influences: individualistic

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more likely that expression of emotions is encouraged

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cultures and influences: collectivistic

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expression of strong negative emotions = discouraged because it can disrupt group harmony

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cultures and influences: other nonverbal cues influenced by culture

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  • eye contact and gaze
  • hand head gestures
  • personal space and touching
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emblems

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  • nonverbal gestures that have well-understood definitions within a given culture
  • usually have direct verbal translations
  • not universal (each culture has their own emblems)
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first impressions

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  • can usually form impressions of others within milliseconds (usually from facial expression)
  • tendency to inder what people are like solely on facial appearance emerges around 3y
  • can be wrong, can be very accurate
  • can be influenced by schemas about certain features
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implicit personality theory

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  • type of schemas used to group various kinds of personality traits
  • research shows that people tend to attribute less positive characteristics to individuals described as having low self-esteem
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halo effect

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  • sociocognitive bias
  • we assign positive attributes based on a single trait that we deem positive
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causal attribution

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  • substantial ambiguity remains about why people act the way they do
  • attribution theory
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attribution theory

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description of the way in which people explain the causes of their own B and other people’s B

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types of causal attributions

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  • internal
  • external
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internal attributions

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  • person’s B is due to something about them
  • attitude, character, personality
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external attributions

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  • person’s B is due to something about the situation they are in
  • assumption is that most people would respond the same way
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Kelly’s Covariation Model (IMPORTANT)

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  • we choose internal/external attributions by noting pattern between presence (or absence) of possible causal factors and if B occurs (or not)
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Kelly’s Covariation Model: types of information

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  • consensus
  • distinctiveness
  • consistency
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consensus

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extent to which other people behave the same way as actor does towards the same stimulus

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distinctiveness

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extent to which one particular actor behaves in the same way to different stimuli

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consistency

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extent to which the B between one actor and one stimulus is the same across time and circumstances

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based on consensus, distinctiveness and consistency, we can make _______

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internal attributions about:
- the actor
external attributions about:
- the object/stimulus
- the context (also known as temporary attributions)

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fundamental attribution error

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  • also referred to as the correspondence bias
  • tendency to overestimate the extent to which people’s B is due to internal factors
  • to underestimate the role of situational factors
  • consequences - blaming the victim
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victim blaming

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  • tendency to explain other people’s B in dispositional terms
  • can lead people to see stigmatized/victimized individuals as being responsible for their plight
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2-step process theory on attribution

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  1. make internal attribution
  2. attempt to adjust this attribution by considering the situation the person was in
    - may be skipped due to lack of effort/time
    - motivated to do this when we want to be accurate/are suspicious of a person’s B
    - results in mainly internal attributions
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culture and attributions

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collectivist
- usually make situational attributions
individualistic
- usually make dispositional explanations

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actor/observer difference

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for ourselves
- situational
for others
- dispositional
*can cause person to overestimate their contribution to a shared task

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defensive attributions

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  • way to deal with threats to self-esteem
  • explanations for B that help us avoid feelings of vulnerability and mortality
  • belief in just world
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belief in just world

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  • assumption that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get
  • allows us to be optimistic about the future BUT
  • creates a tendency for victim blaming

Social Psychology PSYC 325 (11 decks)

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