TAILIEUCHUNG - Social Psychology - Chapter 4: Social perception

Social perception is the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people. | Social perception Chapter 4 Social perception Social perception is the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people. How we come to understand other people. How we think about other people Other people are not easy to figure out. Why are they the way they are? Why do they do what they do? We all have a fundamental fascination with explaining other people’s behavior, but all we have to go on is observable behavior: What people do What they say Facial expressions Gestures Tone of voice We can’t know, truly and completely, who they are and what they mean. Instead, we rely on our impressions and personal theories, putting them together as well as we can, hoping they will lead to reasonably accurate and useful conclusions. theories of social perception Three major theories that describe how we think about why people engage in particular types of behavior: Attribution Theory Correspondent Inference Theory Covariation Theory Attribution theory Attribution theory (Heider 1958) is a term used for various models to explain the processes by which individuals interpret the causes of people’s behavior and events. This gives us a greater sense of control. External attribution: The explanation of a person’s behavior caused by the situation, or external factors. Internal attribution: The explanation of a person’s behavior caused by dispositional, or internal factors. Attribution theory Reasons: We are motivated to determine why a person acted a certain way so that we can predict how they will act in the future. Consequences: Blaming others for their internal attributes as opposed to external factors. Poor and homeless people will get blamed for their fate as we seek to distance ourselves from thoughts of suffering the same plight. Can affect the outcome of government welfare policies. Acknowledging one’s internal attributes: Roesch & Amirkham (1997) found that more experienced athletes made less self-serving external attributions, leading them to find

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