Social Cognition and Related Concepts

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The process of how we perceive, think about, and use information about people.

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Social cognition

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The tendency to rely heavily on the first piece of information received when making a decision.

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Anchoring bias

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The tendency to allow our overall positive impression of a person to influence our beliefs and expectations about them in other qualities.

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Halo effect

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Any group you belong to or identify with.

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Ingroup

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A negative attitude towards another person or social group, formed in advance of any experience with that person or group.

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Prejudice

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A generalization about the personal characteristics of the members of a social group.

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Stereotypes

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Occurs when a person or social group is treated differently than others, positively or negatively.

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Discrimination

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A strategy for solving a problem or making a decision based on experience with similar problems.

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Heuristic

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Involves changing the way in which someone thinks about prejudice.

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Cognitive interventions

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Information conveyed through the silent language of non-verbal communication.

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Body language