PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jeric Teng, Semantic Network, Social Perception
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Widely accepted gestures tht are so well understoodserve purpose as wordsnon-verbal language: cultually-bound (i. e. peace sign in canada vs. australia means giving a middle fingr) not a logo on shirtnot a gesture, thin slices. Ppl can be surprisingly accurate attributions bout person (i. e. )personality) after brief exposure of a persons behavronly for sumthingsesp on unobservable demographic characteristics(ses) Explanation for an observed behaviour of a social object. We srt to make the explanations very quickly. Internal:attributing a person"s behaviour to something intrinsic to that person (consistent with that person personality, disposition, attitude, or character ) External:attributing a person"s behaviour to something about the situation in which the behaviour occurred(nething outside the person. Speci cally not changing beliefs regarding person"s character or personality. We tend to make internal attribution for nothr persons behvr: fundamental attribution error (fae) Tendency to overestimate the in uence of internal causes for behaviour and underestimate external causes(not nough talent nd prep for getting job)
