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Social Psychology. Social Psychology: Personal Perspectives (Chapter 14). Lecture Outline: Social Cognition Attributions and Biases Impression management. Social Cognition: . How we perceive and interpret information from ourselves and others Cognitive-Consistency Theory: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Social Psychology
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Social Psychology: Personal Perspectives (Chapter 14)Lecture Outline:
Social CognitionAttributions and BiasesImpression management
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Social Cognition: – How we perceive and interpret information
from ourselves and others• Cognitive-Consistency Theory:
– A match between thoughts and behaviors gives peace of mind.
• Conflict leads to cognitive dissonance:– As a student, I accidentally killed a rat, but
concluded they would have died soon anyway– Justification of effort: working hard to get an A
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Self-perception theory• You infer your attitudes from your
behaviors• Roommate drags you to hockey games,
and you spend your whole time talking, yet you are now a “hockey fan”
• A dreary course you suffered through is recommended to a friend
• Impression management: Girl Guide cookies at an Apple Blossom tea
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You are watching these job candidates in the waitingroom? Why are they behaving as they are?
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Attributions: Explanations for behavior• “I don’t want to dance”. Why?
– Because I am a loser (personal attribution)– Because they are too wrapped up with their
friends (situational attribution)– I didn’t really want to (cognitive dissonance)
• Someone bumps you in line. Why?– Because they are an !@?&#!!.. This is a
fundamental attribution bias where we over-emphasize internal causes behavior
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Self-serving bias• Internalize success and externalize
blame• Winning a hockey game because “we’re
a good team”, losing because they were “lucky” or you “did not get the bounces”
• Self-handicapping is the opposite, e.g., pass a test because “it was easy”, fail “because I am stupid”
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How do you form impressions?• You meet
someone at a party. You form an initial impression of them. What is your initial impression based on?
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Impression Formation• Primacy effect: Initial impressions matter
– Hard to get over bad start• Confirmation bias: We notice things
consistent with our beliefs – Teenagers “hang around and are up to no
good”– Leads to self-fulfilling prophecies
• Person-positivity bias: Individuals can be regarded more highly than groups