PSYCH 1101 Final Exam STUDY GUIDE Social Psychology Section 13: Modules 51­54 Social Psychology Study of how people think about, influence, and related to other people Perceiving Others Person perception: process of forming impressions of others Influenced by: Physical appearance: more attractive=more favorable impression Judged more interesting, intelligent, socially skilled, etc. No actual difference between attractive people and others Also judged more competent and are more likely to have good job, make more money Stereotypes: widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of membership in a group Normal part of cognition allowing quick perception of a person Typically automatic Most common: gender, racial/ethnic, occupational Not always negative Not very accurate: generalizing that entire group of people is the same= ignoring diversity within group Difficult to change Often occur automatically People overestimate confirming evidence, dismiss disconfirming evidence People distort memory/perceptions to better fit stereotypes Prejudice: negative attitude towards someone because of their membership to a particular group Can be explicit or implicit Changing social norms=less explicit prejudice in US Implicit prejudice can be tested with Implicit Association Test Measures automatic associations between different social categories and positive/negative words Causes of Prejudice Learned from parents Learned from society In Groups vs. Out Groups In gro ...
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