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 Identify the goals of social psychology |
The concerning of how people influence other people's thoughts, feelings, and actions.
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 Discuss the role that nonverbal behavior plays in impression formation. |
They are the powerful cues for impression formation in which people can take nonverbal cues and refer to such as thin slices of behavior to make an analysis of the person. (A first impression.)
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 Define the fundamental attribution error and the actor/observer discrepancy. |
The tend to overemphasize the importance of personality traits and underestimate the importance of situation.
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 Nonverbal behavior |
The facial expressions, gestures, mannerisms, and movements one communicates with others.
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 Attributions |
People's explanations for why events or actions occur.
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 Personal attributions |
Explanations that refer to people's internal characteristics, such as abilities, traits, moods, or efforts.
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 Situational attributions |
Explanations that refer to external events, such as the weather, luck, accidents, or other peoples actions.
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 Fundamental attribution error |
In explaining other people's behavior, the tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimated situation factors.
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