PSYC 101 Chapter : PSYC 101 CH 13 Social Psychology.docx
8 May 2014
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The study of how people think about, influence, and relate to other people. Physical attractiveness: beautiful is good stereotype, self-fulfilling prophecy, composite faces, symmetry, and youthfulness. Attributions- explanations for why people behave the way the do. Attribution theory- attempt to discover underlying causes of behavior. Fundamental attribution error: overestimate the importance of internal factors, underestimates the importance of external factors. Actors often explain own behavior in terms of external causes. False consensus effect: overestimating the degree to which everyone else thinks or acts the way we do, use our outlook to predict that of others. Positive illusions- views of ourselves that are not necessarily rooted in reality. Self-serving bias- tendency to take credit for success and deny responsibility for failure. Self-objectification- tendency to see oneself primarily as an object in the eyes of others. Stereotype threat- a self-fulfilling fear bout being judged on the basis of negative stereotype about our group.
