PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Groupthink, Group Polarization, Interpersonal Attraction
Document Summary
Social psychology- the branch of psychology that studies our social nature-how the actual imagined or implied presence of others influences our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Social cognition- how people attend to, perceive, interprets, and responds to the social world. Impression formation- the way in which we integrate info about another"s traits into a coherent sense of who the person is. Schema- (pl schemata) a mental framework or body of knowledge that organizes and synthesizes info about a person, place or a thing. Central traits- personality attributes that organize and influence the interpretation of other traits (some traits are present yet others have yet to be revealed) Primacy effect-the tendency to form impressions about someone based on the first piece of information we receive about them. Self-schema-a mental framework that represents and synthesizes information about yourself, a cognitive structure that organizes the knowledge, feelings and ideas that constitute the self-concept. Cross-cultural psychologists-interested in the effects of culture on behavior.
