01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Solomon Asch, Fritz Heider, Physical Attractiveness

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Professor Stephen Killianski

Document Summary

Social psychology- branch of psychology concerned with the way individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others. Person perception- the process of forming impressions of others. Research has found that people have a strong tendency to view good -looking individuals as more competent than less attractive individuals. This bias literally pays off for good-looking people. Tend to secure better jobs and earn higher salaries than less attractive individuals. Based on little bits of behavior, observers can make accurate judgments of individuals" racial prejudice, social status, and intelligence. Stereotypes- widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group. Most common stereotypes in our society are those based on gender, age, and membership in ethnic or occupational groups. Gender stereotypes tend to assume that women are emotional, submissive, illogical, and passive while men are unemotional, dominant, logical, and aggressive. Age stereotypes suggest that elderly people are slow, feeble, rigid, forgetful, and asexual.