BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Identity Theory, Dispositional Attribution, Subjective Constancy
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If situation changes, so might the categorization and relation between the perceiver and the target. The perceiver searches cues that confirm categorization; perceiver actively ignores/distorts cues that violate initial perceptions: early categorizations can be changed, but it takes many contradictory cues for a re- categorization. 3 characteristics of the perceptual process: selective: seers don"t use all available cues, so the used cues are emphasized. Basic biases in person perception: primacy and recency effects our impressions of others are susceptible to perceptual biases, primacy effect: tendency for perceiver to rely on early cues (first impressions) . : tendency for perceivers to attribute their own thoughts and feelings to others: we often assume others are like ourselves & agree with us can lead to perceptual. It"s easier to rely on false stereotypes than discover true nature of targets. Inaccurate stereotypes are reinforced by selective perception & application of language language is twisted to turn neutral info into unfavourable stereotypes; ex: reserved =
