PSY327H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Extraversion And Introversion, Social Cognition, Social Comparison Theory
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Social cognition: the process of how we perceive and make judgements about our social world. 1/25th of a second to judge emotional expressions, ethnicity, gender. 1/10th of a second to judge attractiveness, likability, trustworthiness. 5 seconds to judge personality (e. g. , intelligence, extraversion) We tend to have existing beliefs about people to those groups. Facial features used to infer about people"s personalities and traits. Other traits: political preferences, leadership, narcissism, social class. Importance: they influence the quality of relationships that we eventually develop. We remember initial information better than later information. Students watched a video about a girl named hannah. Guess how well she is doing in school. Then showed hannah taking aptitude test with inconsistent performance. We seek and interpret information to confirm our existing beliefs. 150 participants surveyed on their opinions on 4 key issues. Then browsed an online forum with articles offering opposing views to the four issues. Recorded how long they spent reading each article.
