PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fundamental Attribution Error, Veve, Social Cognition
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A-person perception-how we form impressions of each other. Social psych might study individuals in prison while sociology studies prison society. Social cognition: how we select, interpret, remember, use, social info. Consider someone who you do not know really well. Lead better lives, better spouses , more career success. Beliefs about personal characteristics bc of group membership. Most believe certain groups likely to have certain characteristics. Overestimate how much others pay attention to us. Outgroup: those we don"t (inferior, all alike, will exploit us) Self-monitoring: pay attention to impression you make & fine-tine your behavior. Agreed to meet you for coffee, you have now been waiting for 1. 5 hrs. Has been smiling at you for last few months, you don"t know their name. Jumps onto bus just before you, bus is now full and you have to wait for another one. Inferences you draw about causes of events, yours, or others behavior.
