SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mahzarin Banaji, Confirmation Bias, Impression Formation
3 Mar 2015
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Social perception refers to constructing an understanding of the social world from. Making sense of the social world the data we get through our senses. The processes by which we form impressions of other people"s traits and personalities. Attribution refers to the process of inferring the causes of a person"s behaviour. Attribution theory: heider & simmel an experimental study of apparent behavior (1944) A well-organized structure of cognitions about some social entity such as a person, group, role, or event. E. g. we associate a set of behaviours with an aggressive" person. Abstractions that represent the typical of a class or group; i. e. wealthy, cultured, rough neck, etc. Help us interpret ambiguous elements in the situation. Person schemas are cognitive structures that describe the personalities of other. Self-schemas are structures that organize our conception of our own. Types of schemas individuals. characteristics category (also called stereotypes) occupying a particular role in a group.
