PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Fundamental Attribution Error, Ultimate Attribution Error, University Of Iowa Shooting
13 Nov 2013
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Person perception: what goes into person perception are a) behavior b) context c) schemas. Behavior input: this consist of; verbal behavior and non-verbal behavior- which is subdivided into 2: emblems: which are hand gestures that have well understood meaning within a culture which are essentially non-language. E. g. the thumbs up sign, o. k. sign& peace sign. Research on thin slice by kraus& keltner (2009) showed that na ve observers were accurately able to detect family income, parent"s education& subjective ses. Also, relatively to high ses participants, low ses participants spent less time grooming, doodling and manipulating objects. Ambiguous group is a social group which one may/not belong. Furthermore, another research by nicholas rule showed that 64% of pop. Are about to recognize ambiguous group by faces: context: context matters when interpreting people. It also provides additional input, and can completely change attribution. Schema: what you expect is what you get.
