PSYC*2130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Desirability Bias, Nonverbal Communication, Eye Contact
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Process through which we week to know and understand other people. Observe other ppl"s actions + appearance to make inferences about how they feel. Communication between individual involving an unspoken language of facial expression, eye contact, body movements, and postured. Basic channels of non-verbal communication: facial expressions, eye contact, body language, touching. Understanding causes behind others" behaviour and may include understanding causes behind our own behaviour. Correspondence theory: use others" behaviour as a basis for inferring what they are really like as a person, make several judgements about the behaviour observed, learn most from others" behaviour that is: Kelly"s theory of causal attribution: considers whether others" behaviour stems from internal or external causes, focus on: Internal causes: low c, high c, low d. External causes: high c, high c, high d. Internal and external causes: low c, high c, high d.
