Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Master Sergeant, Positio, Speedstep

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Kelly Barnes

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Chapter 7 social thinking and social influence. Person perception the process of forming impressions of others. One negative trait has more influence on forming (bad) impressions - good deeds cannot fix a bad reputation. Systematic judgements: take time to observe the person in a variety of situations and compare it to others to determine cause of behaviour, people use causal attribution. Are inferences that people draw about the causes of their ow(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, other(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour a(cid:374)d events: may be logical or illogical and unsystematic (like snap judgements) I(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al: (cid:449)he(cid:374) people as(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e the (cid:272)auses of so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour to perso(cid:374)al dispositio(cid:374)s, traits, abilities, or feelings. External: behaviour due to situational demands and enviro constraints. People are most likely to make attributions when: other(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)e i(cid:374) u(cid:374)e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted or (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e (cid:449)a(cid:455)s, events are personally relevant the(cid:455) are suspi(cid:272)ious a(cid:271)out a(cid:374)other perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:373)oti(cid:448)es. The te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to seek i(cid:374)fo that supports o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:271)eliefs (cid:449)hile (cid:374)ot pursui(cid:374)g dis(cid:272)o(cid:374)fir(cid:373)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)fo.