01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Fritz Heider, Ambivalent Sexism, Aversive Racism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Lawrence Jacobs

Document Summary

Social perception and cognition and remember information about others, and to make inferences and judgments based on that . Is the principle that the first information learned about someone will be a more powerful influence on our perceptions than any later information will be. Stereotype beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of membership in a particular group. We tend to remember unusual qualities or characteristics more readily than ordinary ones, so we form false stereotypes easily: assumptions of traits, attitudes, behaviors of social . Prejudice : it"s attitude, usually negative, twds others based on gender, religion, race, Fritz heider, we explain other people"s behavior: internal or dispositional attributions are explanations based on an individual"s perceived abilities. People tend to attribute another person"s behavior to internal causes (person"s disposition, demeanor). Stable characteristics, such as attitudes, personality traits, or. Refers to the set of thought processes we use to explain the.