PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Social Neuroscience, Wield, Observational Learning
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Interpersonal attraction: person perception, attribution processes, attitudes, conformity and obedience, behaviour in groups. Solomon asch - demonstrated importance of central traits on the impressions we form of others. Person perception - the process of forming impressions of others. Judgements of people"s face are important in terms of looking at competence for being a political candidate. It only takes a blink of an eye (1/10 of a second) to make inferences based on facial features. Cognitive schemas: social schemas - organized clusters of ideas about categories of social events and people. Widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group - commonly based on: sex age. A cognitive process that is automatic, saves time, but is inaccurate (it"s when people think in terms of slanted probabilities: word, zanna, cooper - 1st study: white undergrad males had to interview black or white applicant (confederates)
