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| broad field whose goals are to understand and explain how our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by the presence of, or interactions with, others. |
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| a subarea of social psychology that focuses on cognitive processes- for example, how we perceive, store, and retrieve information about social interactions and events. |
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| refers to the process by which we form impressions of, and make judgements about, the traits and characteristics of others. |
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| Harold Kelley; says that, in making attributions, we should look for factors that are present when the behavior occurs and factors that are absent when the behavior does not occur. |
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| says that, in making attributions, people feel they must conserve time and effort by taking cognitive shortcuts. |
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