PSYC 2084 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Perception, Nonverbal Communication, Mirror Neuron
16 Mar 2019
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Implicit trait theory - halo effect: halo: cognitive bias wherein out judgements of a person"s character or sills is influenced by our implicit trait theory (or assumptions about what traits hang out together, ex. Judging an attractive person as nicer and more intelligent or deeming taller person as a better leader: attribution theory: In order for something to be the cause of something else, it must be present when the behavior occurs and absent when it does not: ex. When they"re late, they should always be walking fast. Internal: low consensus, low distinctiveness, high consistency: external: consensus is high, distinctiveness, consistency high. Fundamental attribution error: overestimate people"s behavior is due to internal/personality factors and underestimate the impact of the situation. (aka correspondence bias: we"re lazy - easier to describe traits than situation, 2-step attribution process (anchoring and adjustment) Psyc 2084 social percpetion: 1st step automatic = anchoring, 2nd step effortful = adjustment.
