Instructions
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 4, 6
- Lesson
- Images from lesson
- Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside scholarly source)
Initial Post Instructions
Let’s revisit the images we looked at in the lesson this week. Share with the class a summary of the notes and thoughts you had when deciding how to perceive the individuals depicted. What was your assessment of them? What factors related to social psychology and perceptions of others led you to think that? What other information might you have wanted to know to make a more accurate assessment?
Answer
This week’s readings were on Perceiving Persons and Attitudes. How do we view a person on the first occasion? What about that person we use to perceive, judge, or conclude them? Do we ever change that perception that we formed about that person? Kassin et al., asserts that “we should not judge a book by its cover, that things are not always what they seem, that surface appearances are deceiving, and that all that glitters is not gold.” p. 108. We form first impressions quickly of people based on culture, appearance, sex, etc…..
Picture #1
- What is going on in the picture? I believe he is trying lit a fire.
- Who is in the picture? I believe he is a poor middle-aged man.
- What is happening? I believe he is trying to lit fire to cook.
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