PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Psychopathology, Fallacy, Astrological Sign
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Joel rifkin: murdered 16 women: neighbors thought of him as a gentle and kind man. Social cognition: study of how people think about social world + arrive at judgements that help interpret the past, understand present, and predict future. Investigate how individual experiences situation(social stimuli in uence) -> understand individual"s reaction. Information very important to social cognition, but can be minimal, misleading, or nonexistent: minimal info: inferring personality via physical appearance. Snap judgment: fast impression - conclusion made based on face instantaneously. Trust and dominance: torodov experiment: show many photographs of different faced with neutral expression - see how people judge people by face. Positive negative dimension: trustworthy or not/aggressive or not. Individuals decide to whether approach or avoid this person: hierarchy of power: con dent or bashful/ dominant or submissive. Individuals decide where they stand in terms of power/hierarchy.
