PSY-0013 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Implicit-Association Test, Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic
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Test prep - notes for chapters 4, 6-8. Important context for understanding other people"s verbal and nonverbal behavior. Influences social perceptions in two ways: see what we expect to see in a particular situation, situations: the scripts of life. Expression of friendship, nurturance, and sexual: distinguishing truth from deception, social perception tricky b/c people try to hide/stretch truth, from a study, only 54% accuracy in judging truth/lies, 2 reasons for this problem: If busy, more easily to commit error v: people attribute events to factors that are salient. Chen 5: the tendency to imagine alternative events or outcomes that might have occurred but did not. Imagining a result better than actual result: disappointment, regret, frustration. If people can"t help victims of misfortune, they turn on them. Individuals distinguished from one another along 5 traits: extroversion, extent to which he or she is sociable, friendly, fun-loving, outgoing, adventurous, target characteristics, emotional stability, openness to experience, agreeableness.
