Social Perception definitions

# Definition Sets
1 the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people 171 sets
2 the ways in which people form and modify their impressions of others 111 sets
3 the processes through which people interpret information about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental representations of them 46 sets
4 a general term for the processes by which people come to understand one another 31 sets
5 the processes through which people interpret information about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental representations of them. 27 sets
6 the process of interpreting information about another person 23 sets
7 the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people. 22 sets
8 study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people 20 sets
9 the process through which we seek to know and understand other people 18 sets
10 how people form impressions of and make inferences about other people and events in the social world 17 sets
11 forming impressions and making inferences about others 17 sets
12 a general term for the processes by which people come to understand one another. 17 sets
13 the process of interpreting information about another person. 16 sets
14 processes by which we form impressions, make judgments, and develop attitudes about the people and events that constitute our social world 13 sets
15 the ways in which people perceive one another 11 sets
16 a subfield of social psychology that studies the ways in which we form and modify impressions of others 10 sets
17 the process through which we seek to know and understand other people. 10 sets
18 the process by which we form impressions of others and of ourselves 9 sets
19 process by which people come to understand and categorize the behaviors of others 9 sets
20 the study of how we form impressions of other people and how we make inferences about them 9 sets
21 the processes by which we come to know and evaluate other persons 9 sets
22 a general term for the process by which people come to understand one another 9 sets
23 refers to the ways in which people perceive one another 8 sets
24 the process by which people come to understand one another 7 sets
25 the way we perceive the qualities of others 7 sets
26 the process by which a person comes to know or perceive the personal attributes 6 sets
27 the process by which people come to understand and categorize the behaviors of others 6 sets
28 the study of how we form impressions and make inferences about other people 5 sets
29 how we come to understand our social world 5 sets
30 the processes through which people interpret information about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental representations of them. (bernstein psychology 8e p. 693) 5 sets
31 the way in which we make sense of our social world 4 sets
32 the study of how we form impressions of other people and how we make inferences about them. 4 sets
33 the set of processes by which people perceive themselves and others 4 sets
34 the way we seek to know and understand other persons and events; also known as social cognition 4 sets
35 the ways in which people form and modify their impressions of others. 4 sets
36 ability to perceive accurately the emotions, traits, motives, and intentions of others 4 sets
37 the processes by which we come to know and evaluate others 4 sets
38 a subfield of social psychology that studies the ways in which we form and modify impressions of others. 4 sets
39 the process by which a person comes to know or perceive the personal attributes. 4 sets
40 the processes by which we form impressions, make judgements, and develop attitudes about the people and events that constitute our social world. 4 sets
41 way in which we perceive, evaluate, categorize, and form judgments about the qualities of other people 4 sets
42 the processes by which we form impressions, make judgements, and develop attitudes about the people and events that constitute our social world 4 sets
43 process of interpreting info about another person 4 sets
44 the process by which we form impressions, make judgments, and develop attitudes about the people and events that constitute our social world 3 sets
45 a process by which we form impressions of others and ourselves 3 sets
46 process of interpreting information about another person 3 sets
47 refers to the ways in which people perceive one another; affects the attitudes formed toward one another 3 sets
48 process through which we seek to know and understand other people and ourselves 3 sets
49 the process through which people interpret information about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental representations of them. 3 sets
50 perceiver, target, situational characteristics to interpret info about another person.  perceiver characteristics o familiarity with target o attitudes/mood o self concept o cognitive structure  target characteristics o physical appearance o verbal communication o nonverbal cues o intentions  situational characteristics o interaction context o strength of situational cues 3 sets
51 the processes by which we form impressions, make judgments, and develop attitudes about the people and events that constitute our social world 3 sets
52 the process by which we form impressions of other and of ourselves 3 sets
53 the process of interpreting info about another person 3 sets
54 the process by which a person comes to know or perceive the personal attributes of himself or herself and other people 3 sets
55 processes by which people come to understand one another 3 sets
56 being aware of the needs and feelings of others. 3 sets
57 the processes through which people interpret info about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental representations of them 2 sets
58 process by which people come to understand one another 2 sets
59 is a set of processes by which people preceive themselves and others 2 sets
60 process of interpreting information about other people 2 sets
61 the general term for the processes people use to understand each other 2 sets
62 the process by which we form understandings of others in our social environment, based on observations of how others act and information we receive. 2 sets
63 the study of how we perceive the qualities of others. 2 sets
64 constructing an understanding of the social world from the data we get through our senses 2 sets
65 how we view others and ourselves because of attributions 2 sets
66 the ways in which people perceive one another (affects attitudes people form) 2 sets
67 process by which people come to understand & categorize the behaviours of others 2 sets
68 the processes by which people come to understand each other 2 sets
69 how people form impressions and make inferences about other people and events in the social world 2 sets
70 non-verbal communication 2 sets
71 how we perceive others 2 sets
72 personality, environment, and perception; how do we perceive the situation? 2 sets
73 the ways in which people form and modify their impressions of others... 2 sets
74 the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them. 2 sets
75 we use schemas to organize and interpret ongoing experiences. 2 sets
76 way in which we perceive, evaluate, categorize, and form judgment about the qualities of other people. 2 sets
77 the processes by which we form impressions of other people's traits and personalities 2 sets
78 the way in which people perceive one another 2 sets
79 the study of how we form impression of and make inferences about other people 2 sets
80 process by which a person comes to know or perceive the personal attributes 2 sets
81 468 470-472 2 sets
82 definition: process of interpreting information about another person influences on social perception (interaction) characteristics of the perceiver characteristics of the target person characteristics of the situation active barriers 2 sets
83 the process we use to obtain important social information about others. 2 sets
84 the process of combining, integrating, and interpreting information about others to gain an accurate understanding of them 2 sets
85 processes by which we form impressions, make judgements, and develop attitudes about the people and events that constitute our social world 2 sets
86 the process through which people interpret information about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental reprentations of them 2 sets
87 the process by which people come to understand and categorize the behavior of others 2 sets
88 ways in which we form and modify our impressions of others 2 sets
89 study of how we form impressions of other people & how these impressions affect how we relate to others 2 sets
90 the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people why do some people have higher self esteem than others? why does racism seem to persist even after schools are desegregated and affirmative action policies are in place? 2 sets
91 the set of processes by which people perceive themselves and others. use looks, sterotypes, etc to help for our perception or others. 2 sets
92 study of how we form impressions of others. 2 sets
93 process by which we seek to know and understand people 2 sets
94 social perception is the ways in which we form impressions about the characteristics of individuals and of groups of people. 2 sets
95 interpreting information about another person 2 sets
96 ways in which people form and modify their impressions of others 2 sets
97 the process through which people interpret information about others, form impressions of them, and draw conclusions about the reasons for their behavior 2 sets
98 the processes by which people come to understand one another 2 sets
99 the ways in which we form impressions about the characteristics of individuals and of groups of people. 2 sets