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22 Cards in this Set
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Social Perception
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The study of how e form impressions of other people and make inferences about them.
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"Babie Faces"
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People who have more childlike looking faces tend to be associated with childlike personality traits. -naive -warm -submissive |
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Non Verbal Communication
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The way in which people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words; non-verbal cues include: -Facial expressions -Tone of voice -Gestures -Body position and movement -Touch -Eye gaze |
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Rapport
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The unconscious mirroring or facial expression -The extent depends on gender, amicability ect. -women tend to mimic smiles which suggests empathy |
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Mirror Neurons
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Neurons that respond when an individual performs the same action as someone they witness performing the action ex. a person seeing someone crying has neurons that fire as if they themselves were crying. |
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Encode
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To express or emit nonverbal behaviour, 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 behaviour such as deciding that a pat on the back was an expression of condescension and not kindness.
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Six Major Emotions
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Anger Happiness Fear Surprise Disgust Sadness |
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Disgust Nervous System Reactions
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-Muscles movements decrease sensory input from triggering area -Eyes narrow -Less air intake -Eye movements slow down. |
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Fear Nervous System Reactions
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-Facial and eye muscles increase sensory input (widening the visual field, increasing the volume of air in the nose, speeding up eye movements) -Heartrate increases |
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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 emotional expressions are appropriate to show.
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Emblems
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Nonverbal gestures that have well-understood definitions within a given culture. ex. The finger. |
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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. If a person is believed to be kind, they are likely to be associated with generosity as well. |
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Attribution Theory
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The study of how people explain the causes of their own and other people's behaviour Fritz Heider (Father of concept) |
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Internal Attribution
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The inference that a person is behaving in a certain way because of something about him or her, such as his or her attitude, character, or personality.
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External Attribution
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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.
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Covariation Model
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A theory stating that to form an attribution about what cause a person's behaviour, we systematically note the pattern between the presence (or absence) of possible causal factors and whether or not the behaviour occurs. -a person trying to figure out the reasoning behind another person's actions and the mean by which they come to a conclusion. |
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Covariation Model: Concensus
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Information about the extent to which other people behave the same way as the actor does toward the same stimulus -Do other people yell at Hannah? |
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Covariation Model: Distinctiveness
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Information about the extent to which the actor behaves in the same way to different stimuli -Does the boss yell at other employees in the store? |
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Covariation Model: Consistency
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Information about the extent to which the behaviour between the actor and the stimulus is the same across time and circumstances. -Does the boss yell at Hannah regularly regardless of the number of people in the store? |
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