AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In social psychology, the term person perception refers to the different mental processes that we use to form impressions of other people. This includes not just how we form these impressions, but the different conclusions we make about other people based upon our impressions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Person perception refers to a general tendency to form impressions of other people. Some forms of person perception occur indirectly and require inferring information about a person based on observations of behaviors or based on second-hand information.

Detailed explanation-3: -Person perception: refers to the mental processes we use to form judgements and draw conclusions about the characteristics of other people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Methods. Impression formation has traditionally been studied using three methods pioneered by Asch: free response, free association, and a check-list form. In addition, a fourth method based on a Likert scale with anchors such as “very favorable” and “very unfavorable”, has also been used in recent research.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are four main components of social perception: observation, attribution, integration, and confirmation.