Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Confirmation Bias, Social Influence, Social Proof
11 Feb 2020
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Person perceptions: process of forming impressions of others: automatic process. 5 key sources of information: appearance: height, weight, skin colour, hair. Personality: style, religious beliefs, piercings, tattoos: verbal behaviour. What they say (self-disclosure, advice, questions, judgmental: actions. Volunteering = caring person: nonverbal messages: facial expressions, eye contact, body language, gestures. Give info about emotional states and dispositions: situations. Setting in which behaviour occurs allows to interpret behaviour. Single bad deed damages good reputation, one good deed can"t redeem bad standing. Snap judgments: made quickly, based on few bits of info and preconceived notions: not accurate. When stranger looks similar to someone we know well automatically like the person. Sytematic judgments: take time to observe person in variety of situations and compare to others in similar situations, engage in casual attribution forming impressions that can affect one"s welfare and happiness (romantic partner)
