PSYC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Social Perception, Fundamental Attribution Error, Victim Blaming
8 May 2017
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Social psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the way individuals" thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by others . 7 broad topics: : person perception, attribution processes o. Attitudes: conformity and obedience, behaviour in groups, social neuroscience. Social psychologists study how people are affected by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others . Out impressions of others are affected by a variety of factors including physical appearance . Gather many pieces of information about another person . Our final impressions can often be dramatically affected by just one piece of information . Solomon asch: importance that what he called central traits can have on the impressions we form of others . Person perception is the process of forming impressions of others . Impressions are often inaccurate because of the many biases and fallacies that occur in person perception . Judgments of others personality are often swayed by their appearance, especially physical attractiveness .
