Social Perception:  How We Come To Understand Other People

I.      Nonverbal Behavior

II.     Implicit Personality Theories
 

III.    Causal Attribution

        A.    Internal v. External Attributions
        B.    Fundamental Attribution Error
        C.    Actor/Observer Difference
        D.    Self-Serving Attributions
        E.    Defensive Attributions
                1.    just-world hypothesis or belief
                2.    judgmental leniency



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