PSY 124 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Alex Trebek, Fundamental Attribution Error, Belief Perseverance

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 124
• Professor: David Day

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Social perception a general term for the processes by which people come to understand one another. The impressions we form of others are influences by superficial aspects of their appearance! Our impressions of people are i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:271)(cid:455) the perso(cid:374)"s height, (cid:449)eight, ski(cid:374) (cid:272)olour, hair (cid:272)olour, tattoos, e(cid:455)eglasses, a(cid:374)d fa(cid:272)ial (cid:271)eaut(cid:455). Mind perception the process by which people attribute humanlike mental states to various animate and inanimate objects, including other people. Nonverbal behaviour (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour that re(cid:448)eals a perso(cid:374)"s feeli(cid:374)gs (cid:449)ithout (cid:449)ords through facial expressions, body language, and vocal cues. People can recognize happiness, fear, sadness, anger, surprise, and disgust. Adaptively we are not skilled at knowing when someone is lying to us. Attribution theory a group of theories that describe how people explain the causes of behaviour. Personal attribution attribution to internal characteristics of an actor, such as ability, personality, mood, or effort. Situational attribution attribution to factors external to an actor, such as the task, other people, or luck.