Social Cognition Assignment

Social Cognition Assignment

When you meet someone new, your brain processes various sources of information including the context in which you meet them, who they are associated with, and how they present themselves. This processing of social information is called social cognition.

In this Assignment, you consider two people you have encountered and examine how you formed your impressions of them.

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Submit a 300- to 500-word paper, in which you:

Select one person in each category below:

A person you do not know and whom you probably will not see again (e.g., a cashier at the grocery store)

A person you have known for some time and for whom you can remember your first impressions (e.g., a coworker or boss, friend, partner). Do not select someone you have known since your birth or since their birth.

Social Cognition Assignment

Briefly describe the context of your first interaction with each person.

Based on your reading of 5.1 Key Takeaways in Jhangiani and Tarry (2022)

(https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/initial-impression-formation/) , explain how you used nonverbal behaviors to form initial perceptions of each person.

Based on your reading of Spielman et al. (2020) (https://openstax.org/books/psychology2e/pages/12-1-what-is-social-psychology), explain how you made internal and/or external attributions for each person’s behavior. Provide details and explain the implications of making those internal and/or external attributions.

Based on the Reynolds (2021) video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSOdesMyqkU) about social cognition, explain how you engaged in automatic thinking or controlled thinking when forming your first impression of each person.

Social Cognition Assignment

Describe what it means to engage in that type of thinking and why you engaged in that type of thinking.

To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work with information from the Learning Resources.

When you meet someone new, your brain processes various sources of information including the context in which you meet them, who they are associated with, and how they present themselves. This processing of social information is called social cognition.

Check tips on how to do your Psychology Assignments. 

In this Assignment, you consider two people you have encountered and examine how you formed your impressions of them.

Submit a 300- to 500-word paper, in which you:

Select one person in each category below:

A person you do not know and whom you probably will not see again (e.g., a cashier at the grocery store)

A person you have known for some time and for whom you can remember your first impressions (e.g., a coworker or boss, friend, partner). Do not select someone you have known since your birth or since their birth.