PSY 205 Chapter 12: PSY Ch. 12 Book Notes

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: S.Houck

Document Summary

Social psychology: the branch of psychology concerned with the way individuals" thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others. Person perception: the process of forming impressions of others. Judgement of personality is often swayed by appearance. Attractive people tend to be seen as having better personality traits. Stereotypes: widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group. Saves on time and simplifies the world. Illusory correlation: occurs when people estimate that they have encountered more confirmations of an association between social traits than they have actually seen. Ingroup: a group that one belongs to and identifies with. Outgroup: a group that one does not belong to or identify with. Attributions: inferences that people draw about the causes of events, others" behavior, and their own behavior. People make attributions to understand their experiences. Internal attributions: ascribe the causes of behavior to personal dispositions, traits, abilities, and feelings.