PSYC 2040 Chapter : Chapter 3 Social Perception
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3 - social perception: defined as the study of how we form impressions about the people and us. And make inferences about other people reflects your coals and needs: done quickly. What information do we use to form impressions of others. Perceiving our social world-people: physical cues, appearance, halo effect, perception of one trait is influenced by the perception of another trait of that person or object, behavior. Judging our social world: what guides our judgments, controlled processing of information, reflective, deliberate, and conscious. Information given from person or the environment is carefully considered in forming judgments concerning that person: automatic processing of information. Judging our social world - controlled processing: controlled processing: advantages, can arrive at an accurate conclusion through the use of logic, not influenced by certain biases, controlled processing: disadvantages. Inaccuracies due to speed: heuristics mental shortcuts. Inaccuracies due to expectations: confirmation bias & illusory correlations.
