Psychology 2720A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Fundamental Attribution Error
19 Dec 2017
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Chapter four notes: the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them. Nonverbal communication: the way in which people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words; nonverbal cues include facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position and movement, the use of touch and eye gaze. Encode: to express or emit nonverbal behaviour, such as smiling or patting someone on the back. Decode: to interpret the meaning of the nonverbal behaviour other people express, such as deciding that a pat on the back was an expression of condescension and not kindness. Affect blend: a facial expression in which one part of the face registers one emotion while another part of the face registers a different emotion. Display rules: culturally determined rules about which emotional expressions are appropriate to show. Emblems: nonverbal gestures that have well-understood de nitions within a given culture; they usually have direct verbal translations, such as the okay sign.
