PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Political Correctness, Contact Hypothesis, Minimal Group Paradigm
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Understand how we form rst impressions and how these impressions in uence us. Social cognitive psychologists study the cognitions people have about social situations and how situations in uence cognitive processes. Effects of implicit processes are illustrated by research on person perception person perception: processes by which individuals categorize and form judgement about other people. Begins the instant we encounter another person; is guided by our past experiences with people and the interpersonal knowledge we have absorbed from our culture. Rely on schemas (clusters of knowledge, beliefs, and expectations about individuals and groups) to guide our impressions. !1 source: an introduction to psychological science (krause et al. ) Self-ful lling prophecies and other consequences of first impressions. Use subtle cues in people"s faces, non-verbal behaviours, stereotypes, and ourselves to guide our judgements: view the social world through the lens of our own self-concepts, two consequences:
