PSYC 101 Midterm: Ch 11 Study Guide
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Social psychology studies how people think about, influence, and relate to others. Examines many topics in psychology in a social context. Whereas sociology looks more at social behavior at the level of the group, social psychology examines at the level of the individual within the group. Explores how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information. Processes by which social stimuli, such as faces, are used to form impressions of others. A common social stereotype is that beautiful is good , so people will be more willing to trust a good-looking person than someone who is not attractive. This can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy of expectations you expect the best of someone, and behave better toward them; in turn, they behave better in response to you. First impressions take advantage of the primacy effect we place a high value on the first information we get about an individual, because we have no other information to go on.
