Social Perception and Cognition

Question 1

Social Perception

Answer 1

Constructing a perception of the social world by our experiences

Question 2

Attribution

Answer 2

Observe other behaviours then infer causes

Question 3

Rosehan’s Experiment

Answer 3

12 sane people being admitted into psych ward- no one noticed they were find
(Once you are labelled something, it is hard to break away from it)

Question 4

Priming

Answer 4

when an individual’s exposure to a certain stimulus subconsciously influences their response to things

Question 5

Automatic/Controlled Processing

Answer 5

C: People have to actually try to control their thinking and attention with certain types of tasks
A: People often process information without even paying attention

Question 6

Schemas

Answer 6

Guides our perceptions and helps us engage with new people/experiences

Question 7

Person Schemes

Answer 7

Cognitive structure for particular individuals in our lives

Question 8

Self Schemas

Answer 8

Organizing our own characteristics

Question 9

Group Schemas

Answer 9

What we expect from a particular group

Question 10

Role Schemas

Answer 10

What we associate with different roles

Question 11

Event Schemas

Answer 11

How to engage with experiences

Question 12

Confirmation Bias

Answer 12

people’s tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with their existing beliefs

Question 13

Implicit Personality Theory

Answer 13

Infer the association of additional personality traits

Question 14

Halo Effect

Answer 14

Infer more positive attributes based on a singular one

Question 15

Impression Formation

Answer 15

How to construct a picture with all the data we collect

Question 16

Trait Centrality

Answer 16

Refers to a trait ranking high in a perception of a person

Question 17

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Answer 17

When we are labelled something then we see ourselves as it

Question 18

Heuristics

Answer 18

help us figure out which schema works in the moment

Question 19

Attribution Theory

Answer 19

Infer someone’s motives behind their behaviours

Question 20

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 20

Tendency to overestimate the importance of personal factors over the situational influences

Question 21

Focus Attention Bias

Answer 21

Focusing on certain aspects and ignoring factors influencing that situation

Question 22

Actor-Observer Difference

Answer 22

Tendency to attribute the behavior of others to internal causes, while attributing our own behavior to external causes