Social Psychology- Intro/Social Perception

Question 1

We’re often swayed most by information received early in an interaction

Answer 1

The primacy effect

Question 2

We frequently exhibit a trait negativity bias which is the tendency to weigh negative information more heavily than positive information.

Answer 2

Rozin & Royzman, 2001

Question 3

Asch (1946) found that certain traits influence impressions more than others. A person described as ____ is more likely to be perceived positively than a person described as ____.

Answer 3

Warm; cold.

Question 4

Organized, interconnected mental networks of information that are based on previous personal and social experiences and help us process and organize information

Answer 4

Schemata

Question 5

More abstract than schemata and consist of knowledge about the most representative or ideal example of a particular category of people, objects, or events.

Answer 5

Prototype (i.e. ideal supervisor prototype)

Question 6

Also known as event schematas; they provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behaviors in specific social situations

Answer 6

Scripts

Question 7

Rosenhan (1973) impact of social context on impression formation was demonstrated in his study of 8 pseudopatients admitted into a mental hospital complaining of hearing voices.

Answer 7

1/3 of genuine patients suspected them, staff diagnosed all but one with schizophrenia.

Question 8

An internal attribute is ______. I.e. mood, ability, desire

Answer 8

dispositional.

Question 9

An external attribute is _____. I.e. characteristics of the task, social situation, physical environment

Answer 9

situational.