Psy –P 102 1st Edition Lecture 11Outline of Last Lecture I. Social PsychologyOutline of Current Lecture II. What is Social Psychology?III. Person Perception IV. Basic Principles that guide person perceptionV. Social Categorization VI. AttributionCurrent LectureI. What is Social Psychology?- Social psychologyo Studies how person’s behavior is influenced by other people and the environment - Sense of Selfo Sense of identity that is influenced by social and cultural experiences - Social Cognitiono Mental processes people use to make sense of social environments - Social influence o Effects of situational factors and other people on an individual’s behavior II. Person Perception - Person perception o Mental processes we use to form judgment about other people - 4 characteristics of first impression o Characteristics of other persono Own self-perceptiono Goals in situationo Specific situation in which process occursIII. Basic Principles that guide person perception- Reactions to others are determined by your perceptions of them, not by who they really are- Self-perception influences how you perceive others and how you act on your perceptions These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Goals in a particular situation determine the amount and kinds of information you collect - Evaluate people partly in terms of how you expect them to acto Social norms: Expectations for appropriate behavior in particular situation IV. Social Categorization - Social categorization o Categorizing people into groups on basis of shared characteristics - Explicit cognitiono Conscious mental processes involved in judgments and reasoning - Implicit cognitiono Non-conscious mental processes that influences judgments and reasoning - Implicit personality theoryo Network of assumptions about the relationships among various types of people - Advantages o Natural, efficiento Helps organize and remember information about others more effectively - Disadvantages o Making conclusions based on limited information V. Attribution- Inferring the causes of people’s behavior- Fundamental attribution error o Tendency to attribute the behavior to personal characteristics while ignoring the external factors Blaming the victim: Blaming the victim for misfortune because they didn’t take the steps to prevent it Hindsight Bias: Tendency to overestimate one’s ability to have predicted the outcome Just-world hypothesis: Assumption that world is fair and we get what we deserve - Self-serving biaso Attributes successes to internal causes and attributes failure to external
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