Describe the major purpose and functions of social perception.
Understand why the process of social perception is so complex.
Define what is meant by nonverbal communication and how it is related to the concepts and terms, "irrepressible," "deception," and "emotional contagion."
Describe the six (or perhaps seven) basic emotions expressed in unique facial expressions. Does this mean we are limited to only a small number of facial expressions?
Identify and describe the key nonverbal cues that may allow us to recognize deception.
Discuss gender differences with regard to decoding nonverbal behavior.
Explain the difference between internal and external causes and controllable versus uncontrollable factors.
Contrast the discounting and augmenting principles.
Describe and contrast the major attributional errors: the correspondence bias, the actor-observer effect, and the self-serving bias. Consider cultural differences with respect to these biases.
Discuss how attribution theory has been applied to the study of depression and prejudice.
Understand how attributions can protect a victim of prejudice's self-esteem.
Discuss how Asch's research on central and peripheral traits support his view that forming impressions involves more than simply adding together individual traits.
Contrast older models of how we combine diverse information about others into unified impressions of them with more contemporary perspectives.
Describe the role played by exemplars and abstractions when we make judgments about others.
List self enhancement tactics and other enhancement tactics used in impression management, and describe research results on whether these tactics "pay off" for persons using them.
