exam 5

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

it studies how people's feelings, thoughts, attitudes and behaviours are influenced by other people and the social context in which the occur. It also studies how people collect, interpret and assess information of other people

Social cognition

major area of interest in social psychology. The study of how people perceive and think about one another

preconceived ideas

z góry przyjęte pomysły; we use it to form impressions about others, they are based on past experience that help us categorize and define people

preconceived ideas

z sth we assume about sth or sb else

schemas, schemata

preconceived ideas

primacy effect

first impressions influence later impressions

self-fulfilling prophecy

samospełniająca się przepowiednia; it's a prediction that comes true at least in part as a result of a person's belief or expectations

stereotype

a type of schema, which is oversimplified

oversimplified

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