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PSY 2510-103 Ch. 4 Notes
This document is a summary/notes of Chapter 4 of the linked textbook required for this course.
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social perception
Answer: the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people
2.
nonverbal communication
Answer: the way in which people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words, including via facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position, movement, touch, and gaze
3.
encode
Answer: to express or emit nonverbal behavior, such as smiling or patting someone on the back
4.
decode
Answer: to interpret the meaning of the nonverbal behavior other people express
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affect blends
Answer: facial expressions in which one part of the face registers one emotion with another part of the face registering a different portion
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display rules
Answer: culturally determined rules about which nonverbal behaviors are appropriate to display
7.
emblems
Answer: nonverbal gestures that have well-understood definitions within a given culture, usually having direct verbal translations, such as the OK sign
8.
thin-slicing
Answer: drawing meaningful conclusions about another person\'s personality or skills based on an extremely brief sample of behavior
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primacy effect
Answer: when it comes to forming impressions, the first traits we perceive in other influence how we view information that we learn about them later
10.
belief perseverance
Answer: the tendency to stick with an initial judgment even in the face of new information that should prompt us to reconsider
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