Psychology 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Medicine Hat Tigers, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Social Perception

• School: Harvard University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 15
• Professor: Joshua Greene

Document Summary

The self-fulfilling prophecy is a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true. robert merton. Structure: expectancy effects, behavioral confirmation of stereotypes o. Self-perception effects: unconscious causation of other"s actions. Suspected witches are to be tortured until they confess, or if they do not confess, are to be tortured further; those who confess are to be put to death. 500,000 9,000,000 people killed as suspected witches over 250 years. Children randomly designated to teachers as bloomers or not at the start of the school year. Iq gain (tested at beginning and at end of first grade) of 27 for bloomers and 12 for non- bloomers. Expectancy effects for the teachers: expectancy in education. Condolezza rice the soft bigotry of low expectations . Social perception and interpersonal behavior: on the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes (snyder, tanke, & berscheid) Male led to believe female interaction partner is attractive or unattractive.