SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Subtyping, Confirmation Bias, Erving Goffman

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Paul Galvin

Document Summary

Last week"s lecture (#7) on the self continued . Erving goffman the presentation of self in everyday life (1959) Village in the 50s and observed people. Stigma identities spoiled & the person is discredited. On being sane in insane planes article stigma & patient role (rosenhan 1973) Social perception: how we form impression of peoples traits and personalities, observing attributions and finding an intention, cause, or motive for behaviour, making impressions of other people"s personalities. Cognitive misers = person who doesn"t want to use a lot of brain power to understand something and as a result we make mistakes. Attribution: process of inferring the cause of a person"s behaviour, motives, traits, and pressures. We have a tendency to focus on individual traits vs the situation. An experimental study of apparent behaviour (example. aggression) We have a desire to make attributions about things. Help us to react quickly, but with less information (making assumptions)