PSYA02H3 : Social Psychology

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Chapter 15- social psychology: social psychology: the branch of psychology that studies our social nature-how the actual, imagined or implied presence of others influences our thoughts, feelings and behaviours (in the words of gordon allport, social cognition. Social cognition: the processes involved in perceiving, interpreting, and acting on social information: schemata and social cognition. We form impressions of others: friends, family, neighbours; assign characteristics to people. Part of social psychology is to understand how we form these impressions. Schema: a mental framework or body of knowledge that organizes and synthesizes information about a person, place of thing. Central traits: personality attributes that organize and influence the interpretation of other traits. Central traits impart meaning to other known traits and suggest the presence of yet other traits that have yet to be revealed. Example- traits such as cold or warm . Polite or blunt though made no difference in impression, hence are known as peripheral traits.