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Dr. Toris

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social perception the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people
nonverbal communication the way in which people communicate intentionally or unintentionally withouth words; nonverbal clues include facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position, and movement, the use of touch, and gaze
encode to express or emit nonverbal behavior, such as smiling or patting someone on the back
decode to interpret the meaning of the nonverbal behavior other people express, such as deciding that a pat on the back was an expression of condescension and not kindness
affect blend a facial expression in which one part of the face registers one emotion while another part of the face registers a different emotion
display rules culturally determined rules about which nonverbal behaviors are appropriate to display
emblems nonverbal gestures that have well understood definitions within a given culture; they usually have direct verbal translations ex. the OK sign
social role theory Theory that sex diffs in social behavior are due to societies division of labor between the sexes; this division leads to differences in gender-role expectations and sex-typed skills, both are responsible for diffs in mens and womens social behavior
implicit personality theory a type of schema people use to group various kinds of personality traits together; for example, many people believe that someone who is kind is generous as well
attribution theory a description of the way in which people explain the causes of their own and other peoples behavior
internal attribution the inference that a person is behaving in a certain way because of something about the person, such as attitude, character, or personality
external attribution the inference that a person is behaving a certain way because of something about the situation he or she is in; the assumption is that most people would respond the same way in that situation
covariation model a theory that states that to form an attribution about what caused a persons behavior we systematically note the pattern between the presence or absence of possible causal factors and whether or not the behavior occurs
consensus information information about the extent to which other people behave the same way towards the same stimulus as the actor does
distinctiveness information info about the extent to which one particular actor behaves in the same way to ta different stimuli
consistency information info about the extent to which thte behavior btwn one actor and one stimulus is the same across time and circumstances
correspondance bias the tendency to infer that peoples behavior corresponds to their personality
perceptual salience the seeming importance of information that is the focus of peoples attention
2 step process of attribution analyzing another persons behavior first by making an automatic internal attribution and only then thinking about possible situational reasons for the behavior, after which one may adjust the original internal attribution
actor/observer difference the tendency to se other peoples behavior as dispositionally caused but focusing more on the role of situational factors when explaining ones own behavior
self-serving attributions explanations for ones own successes that credit internal, dispositional factors and explanations for ones failures that blame external situational factors
defensive attributions explanations for behavior that avoid feelings of vulnerability and morality
belief in a just world a form of defensive attribution wherein people assume that bad things happen to bad people and that good things happen to good people
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