Impression formation

Social Psychology is...

• The study of how Humans are social beings and need company

• The scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

• How people manipulate others within society through a set of integrated interactions specific to humans

• An active process through which we seek to control others

In Social Psychology, which of the following factors DO NOT influence the impressions we form?

• Reinforcements

• Social schemas

• Stereotypes

• Primacy and recency effects

• Central traits

________ is an organised pattern of knowledge or behaviour that is formed from past experiences

• Sterotypes

• Peripheral traits

• Social Schemas

• Recency

If others have the same expectations or similar beliefs of others it is a

• Schema

• Sterotype

• Event Schema

• Prejudice

Boverman in 1972 investigated stereotypes of ...

• Gender

• Race

• Names

• Status

The Primacy effect is ...

• The first set of information is ignored

• The most recent impression that is remembered

• The last set of information is ignored

• The first impression which is remembered

Asch (1946) found the most powerful words are

• Positive

• Central traits

• Peripheral traits

• Negative

Why was Kelley's replica study in 1950 more ecologically valid than Asch?

• More current study

• Repeated measurse

• Real world setting

• Choice of words

Luchins 1957 study found Jim was viewed more friendly if...

• They hadn't read the paragraphs at all

• They read both paragraphs

• They read the extrovert paragraph

• They read the introvert paragraph

The Halo effect is where...

• The perception of all traits influence perceptions of others

• The perception of one trait influences perception of others