7. Perceiving others Flashcards
Impressions are cognitive…
perceptual
cognitive shortcuts
schemas
Who’s the first psychologist?
Ichheiser
What are 5 factors that we use to create impressions of people?
(Ichheiser)
physical appearance
behaviour
situational variables - friends/home
interactions with them
communications from others
What was the blind-date-dance study used for physical attractiveness?
(a level)
set up random
rated date
satisfaction
Who’s the next psychologist?
Asch
What are list of order effects?
What you hear first about a person can be significant
What 2 traits does Fiske argue are important?
warmth
competence
What was Fiske’s attribution study and what do the findings suggest?
observers gave more casual roles to actor they were facing
bad for court rooms etc
Who’s the psychologist for the attribution theory?
Heider
What’s the main ideas of Heider’s attribution theory?
make casual explanations
judge behaviour and ignore context
What’s correspondence bias/fundamental attribution error?
overestimating personality effects and underestimating situational effects
What are the 2 stages of attribution processes by Gilbert?
dispositional inference
situational correction
What was Rosenthal’s study for self-fulfilling prophecies?
classroom
random kids labelled as growth spurters
increased IQs
