PSYC 260 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Social Perception

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Social perception the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them. Nonverbal communication the way in which people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words. Nonverbal cues include facial expression, gestures, tone of voice, body position and movement, the use of touch, and eye gaze. Women more likely to mimic others" smiles. People more likely to mimic when we like our interaction partner and consider them to be a member of our group. May reflect empathy our capacity to feel what someone else is feeling. May be due to mirror neurons these neurons respond when we perform an action and when we see someone else perform the same action. Six major emotions happy, sad, angry, fear, disgust, surprise. Affect blends a facial expression in which one part of the face registers one emotion while another part of the face registers a different emotion: face that shows surprise and happiness.

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