Psychology Assignment

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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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RESOURCES

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.

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

Readings

Jhangiani, R. & Tarry, H. (2022). Principles of social psychology (1st international H5P ed.). BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/

Chapter 5.1, “Initial Impression Formation” (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/initial-impression-formation/)

Read the section titled: "Key Takeaways" only. Time Estimate: 1 min

Copyright © 2022 by Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani and Dr. Hammond Tarry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted., except where otherwise noted.

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020), Psychology 2e. Openstax. https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e

Chapter 12.1, "What is Social Psychology?" (https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/12-1-what-is-social-psychology)

Time Estimate: 13 min

Copyright © 2020 by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0

Reynolds, A. (2021, February 7). Social psychology: Chapter 3 (Social cognition) Part 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qSOdesMyqkUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSOdesMyqkU) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSOdesMyqkUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qSOdesMyqkU

Time Estimate: 14 min

BY DAY 7

PSYC_2005_Week4_Assignment_Rubric

you used nonverbal behaviors to form initial perceptions of each person. Based on your reading of Spielman et al. (2020) (https://openstax.org/books/psychology- 2e/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. Describe what it means to engage in that type of thinking and why you engaged in that type of thinking.

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SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Criteria Ratings Pts

Description of context of first interaction with each person and explanation of how nonverbal behaviors were used to form initial perceptions of each person.

20 pts

Explanation of internal and/or external attributions made for each person’s behavior, including details and explanation of implications of making those internal and/or external attributions.

25 pts

Explanation of engagement in automatic thinking or controlled thinking when

25 pts

20 to >17.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

17 to >13.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) This component is addressed. Further development would strengthen this component.

13 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

25 to >21.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

21 to >17.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) This component is addressed. Further development would strengthen this component.

17 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

25 to >21.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

21 to >17.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) This component is addressed. Further development would

17 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

Criteria Ratings Pts

forming first impressions of each person, description of what it means to engage in that type of thinking, and why student engaged in that type of thinking

Format and writing

10 pts

Timeliness 10 pts

strengthen this component.

10 to >8.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations)

Any spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English are minor and do not affect clear communication.    Work includes more than one explicit mention of concepts or ideas from the required sources, and an effort to cite the original source was made if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions.

8 to >6.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations)

The submission contains few spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English, OR these deviations do not affect clear communication.     Work includes at least one explicit mention of a concept or idea from the required sources if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions and a clear attempt at citing the source has been made.

6 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations)

Multiple spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English affect clear communication.     Work does not include any explicit mention of concepts or ideas from the required sources, OR it contains one or more explicit mentions of a concept or idea from the required sources, if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions, but without attempting to cite the source.

10 to >8.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations)

The assignment is submitted according to posted due dates and

8 to >6.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations)

The assignment is submitted within the allowed time.

6 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations)

The assignment is not submitted on time.

Criteria Ratings Pts

Total Points: 90

times or late with prior consent from the instructor.