Sociology 2233 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Victim Blaming, Fritz Heider, Nonverbal Communication
5 Apr 2016
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Chapter 4 - social perception: the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them. 2 we have an artistic" type - in china they have shi g " (a person who is devoted to family, socially skillful and reserved: found that language influences the way people think about the world. Consensus info: info about the extent to which other people behave the same way as the actor does towards the same stimulus, 2. Distinctiveness info: info about the extent to which one particular actor behaves in the same way to different stimuli, 3. Consistency info: info about the extent to which the behaviour between one actor and one stimulus is the same across time and circumstances. Defensive attributions: explanations for behaviour that avoid feelings of vulnerability and mortality, eg. occurrence of tragic events - sexual assaults, terminal illnesses, fatal accidents, reminds us it can happen to us.
