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18 Cards in this Set
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social perception
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The study of how we form IMPRESSIONS of and make inferences about OTHER PEOPLE
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nonverbal communication
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- people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, WITHOUT WORDS
- facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position and movement, the use of touch, and gaze |
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Encode
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To EXPRESS or emit NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR
- ex) such as smiling or patting someone on the back |
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Decode
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To INTERPRET the meaning of the NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR other people express
- ex) deciding that a pat on the back was an expression of condescension and not kindness |
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Affect Blend
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- A FACIAL EXPRESSION in which ONE part of the face registers ONE EMOTION while ANOTHER part of the face registers a DIFFERENT EMOTION
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Display Rules
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- Culturally determined rules about WHICH nonverbal behaviors are APPROPRIATE TO DISPLAY
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Emblems
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- NONVERBAL GESTURES that have WELL-UNDST. DEFINITIONS within a given culture
- usually have direct verbal translations, such as the "OK" sign |
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Implicit Personality Theory
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- A type of schema people use to GROUP VARIOUS KINDS OF PERSONALITY TRAITS TOGETHER
- ex) someone who is kind is generous as well |
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Attribution Theory
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A description of the way in which people EXPLAIN THE CAUSES of their own and other people's behavior
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Internal Attribution
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The belief that an event is CAUSED BY THINGS ABOUT YOU, as opposed to factors that are EXTERNAL to you
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External Attribution
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The belief that an event is CAUSED BY THE SITUATION
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covariation model
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A theory: to form an causal attribution, we systematically examine MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF BEHAVIOR
- consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency info |
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consensus information
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Information about the extent to which OTHER PEOPLE behave the SAME WAY toward the SAME STIMULUS as the actor does
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distinctiveness information
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Information about the extent to which ONE particular ACTOR behaves in the same way to DIFFERENT STIMULI
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consistency information
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Information about the extent to which the behavior between ONE ACTOR and ONE STIMULUS is the same ACROSS TIME & CIRCUMSTANCES
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correspondence bias
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The tendency to infer that people's BEHAVIOR MATCHES their DISPOSITION
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perceptual salience
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The seeming importance of information that is the FOCUS OF ONE'S ATTENTION
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two-step process of attribution
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1) automatic INTERNAL attribution
2) think about possible SITUATIONAL reasons for the behavior and ADJUST original attribution. |
