PSYC 2380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Hoarders, Attribution (Psychology), Belief Perseverance
16 Oct 2016
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Social psychology - chapter 4: social perception (do you see what i see?) Disgust is a universal emotion in that it is easily recognized by members of any culture? (true) Social perception the study of how we form impressions of, and, make inferences about, other people. Environmental forces: (i. e. cultural experiences) play a major role in social perception processes. Nonverbal behavior how people communicate, intentionally, or unintentionally, without words. Ekman et al. (1971): 6 (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal(cid:863) fa(cid:272)e e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s: anger, happiness, surprise, fear, disgust, sadness. Inaccuracy: affect blends, hiding emotion, display rules, gestures. Attribution theory description of the way in which people explain the causes of their own and others" (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iors: 2 step process of attribution: Step 1: people make an internal attribution. Step 2: people correct for situational influences: friz heider (1958) (father of attribution theory) internal vs. Internal personality traits (cid:894)so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e did(cid:374)"t get their (cid:449)ork do(cid:374)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455)"re laz(cid:455)(cid:895)
