Psychology 2035A/B Chapter 7: Chapter 7 - Social Thinking and Social Influence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Chapter 7 - social thinking and social influence. Forming impressions of others: person perception: the process of forming impressions of others, key sources of information, [5] key sources of observations, 1. Appearance - height, weight, skin color, hair, etc: 2. Verbal behaviour - self-disclosure, advice, ask questions, judgmental, etc: 3. Nonverbal messages - facial expressions, eye contact, etc: 5. Situations - how we interpret behaviour - crying at a funeral vs. wedding: one negative trait has more influence on forming (bad) impressions - good deeds cannot fix a bad reputation, snap judgements vs. Confirmation bias: the tendency to seek info that supports one"s beliefs while not pursuing disconfirming info, believing is seeing , selectively recall facts to fit their views of others (and groups, b. Work together for a common goal: 2. Efforts must have a successful outcome: 3. Must establish meaningful connections with each other: 4.