Social Perception and Impression Formation

These flashcards cover key concepts from the lecture on social perception and impression formation, providing definitions to enhance understanding and retention.

Person perception

Learning about other people and forming impressions of them.

Impression formation

Creating initial, rapid opinions about someone based on limited information.

Thin slices

Forming impressions based on limited pieces of information from brief interactions.

Nonverbal behavior

Communication that does not involve speaking, including facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and interpersonal distance.

Central traits

Key characteristics, such as 'warm' and 'cold', that significantly influence our impressions of others.

Negativity bias

The tendency for negative information to have a greater impact on impression formation.

Primacy effect

The phenomenon where information we learn first has a greater impact on our impressions.

Halo effect

A positive trait influences our judgments of other traits, particularly in context of physical attractiveness.

Racial and gender stereotypes

Biases that result in different responses to individuals based on perceived race or gender.