7.1

• social recognition relates to the way that we behave in social settings and how we interpret others behaviours
• social cognition

  • detection of facial expression + emotional responses
  • understanding other people cognitive/ emotional states
  • carrying out behaviours that take into consideration the goals and needs of ourselves and others
• attribution is the process of attaching meaning to behaviour by looking for a cause to explain the behaviour
• internal attribution refers to the factors within the person that shape their behaviour
• internal attribution e.g. personality, mood, attitude
• external attribution refers to the environmental factors that are external to one
• external attribution e.g. location, surrounding people
• fundamental attribution error refers to overestimating the role of internal factors and overestimating the role of external factors
• attitude is an evaluation a person makes about something or someone
• evaluation refers to a judgement being made, either positive, negative or neutral
• tri component mondel of attitudes suggest that there are three elements that contribute to attitude formation
• cognitive component - the beleif about an object/person
• behavioural component - the actions towards people, objects, institutions
• affective component - feelings/emotions towards an object/person
• tri component consistencies - all three componenets must be present before determining an attitude exists
• tri component inconsistencies - a persons behaviour does not always reflect an attitude therefore making it inconsistent
• steorotypes are collections of beleifs that we have about the people who belong to a certain group, regardless of individual differences among members of that group
• stereotyping is the process of grouping people into a category based on their beleifs/actions
• stereotyping in-group - people who share common (positive) traits with you
• stereotyping out-group - people who do not share common traits with you
• prejudice refers to holding a negative attitude towards members of a group, solely because of their association