Central traits asch 1946 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Introduction to psychology: social cognition LATEST EDITION 2024/25 SOLUTION GUARANTEED GRADE A+ Last document update:   ago

Balance psychology -> "Balance" is a fundamental concept in cognitive social psychology -> Fritz Heider's (1958) concept of cognitive balance versus unbalanced social triads Impression formation -> "How do the perceptions thoughts and motives of one person become known to other persons?" (Solomon Asch,1952) -> Cognitive algebra (Anderson,1978) - Impressions are evaluative. - People assign values to traits. - Integrate these values to form an overall evaluation. Brainpow...

PSYCHOLOGY 3001Exam 2 (Ch. 5-8) KEY Last document update:   ago

Exam 2 (Ch. 5-8) 1 Marc D. Kinon, Ph.D. Psychology 382 (Spring 2013) 1) The evolutionary process by which nature selects traits that best enable organisms to survive and reproduce in particular environmental niches is called A. evolutionary adaptation. B. evolutionary psychology. C. natural adaptation. D. natural selection. 2) Norms _____ behavior. A. describe B. prescribe C. change D. are the result of 3) Worldwide, women’s vocational interests, compared to men, A. relate to things rather tha...

Social Attributions Last document update:   ago

Through the process of social perception people form first impressions of others based on their perceived characteristics. Asch (1946) shaped the way ψs investigate and understand perceptions of other people. What mostly interested Asch is how quickly people arrive at impressions, despite the diversity of info that needs to be combined. One of Asch’s 1st studies compared 2 lists of adjectives that were identical except from a single word. The 1st list contained the words; intelligent, skillfu...