1. Person Perception Asch’s Gestalt Model of Person Perception
intelligent, skillfull, industrious, cold, determined, practical, cautious
intelligent, skillfull, industrious, warm, determined, practical, cautious
Things that matter in perception
order a word occurs
context of the other words
Asch argues this shows that people formed a Gestalt of the person

2. Perceiving Non-Verbal Behavior
Across cultures there is a common perception of emotion that goes with certain facial expressions for at least six emotions
happy, angry, sad, surprise, disgust, fear
We also pay attention to body language
One area where non-verbal information plays a critical role is in the detection of deception

3. Heider Phenomenlogical Model
We make attributions to predict the world
Brunswick Lens Model - The perceiver shapes reality through the lense of their beliefs and preconceptions
Attributions about Causality
Locus of Causality - Internal vs. External
the person or the situation
Attributions of Responsibility
Intention and foreknowledge
note this is not the same as attributions of causality although in practice we often confuse these

4. Jones & Davis Correspondent Inference Theory
When someone does something is it a reflection of who they are? Do you make a correpondent inference.
Factors we consider
choice
expectedness
noncommon effects

5. Kelley’s Covariation Model
We make attributions based on the covariation principle - a cause must be present when an event occurs and absent when it doesn’t occur
He says we use three kinds of covariation information
Consensus information - what do other people in general say about the event
Distinctiveness - what does this person say about other events
Consistency - what does this person say
Now How do you put these things together