PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Negativity Bias, Agreeableness, Numeral System
23 Jan 2013
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Social perception- the process by which people come to understand one another. You are both a perceiver and a target of other peoples perceptions. People read traits from faces as well as assigning traits to people because of the way they. It only takes seconds to form an impression of a stranger from looking at their face look: ex. People that have babyish faces are seen as helpless, kind, and more vulnerable. Due to evolution people are programmed to treat people with baby features with tender love and care. Faces are seen as trustworthy if they look happy and untrustworthy if they look angry. We have scripts" that enable us to anticipate the goals, behaviours, and outcomes of a particular setting. Knowledge of social settings provides an important context for understanding other people"s verbal and non verbal behaviour. You learned more about a person if their behaviour is different than the norm.
