PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Social Perception, Illusory Correlation, Physical Attractiveness

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Person perceptions: forming impressions of others: person perception, the process of forming impressions of others (when we interact with people we are engaging in person perception). Effects of physical appearance: attractiveness leads to more positive personality traits (sociable, friendly, warm and poised). Tend to get better jobs, higher paying salaries than unattractive individuals: unattractive individuals are associated with bad traits. Cognitive schemas: social schemas are organized clusters of ideas about categories of social events and, self-schema is an integrated set of memories, beliefs, and generalizations about people. People have social schemas for events such as dates, picnics, committee meetings, and family reunions, as well as for certain categories of people, such as. Dumb jocks, social climbers, frat rats, and wimps. one"s behaviour in a given domain. (operate in the same way as other schemas) Stereotypes: stereotypes are widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group.