Person+Perception

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Definition:
Emerging capacity for applying categories to people. HGD, Chapter 8, p.184

The ability to classify others according to categories such as age, gender, and race. p. 209

Examples:
By kindergarten age, children make judgments very similar to those of adults when asked to identify the most intelligent child in their class or play group. media type="youtube" key="kyHC3MnZoPk" height="291" width="512"

Analogies:
A child's person perception of people is just as adults with judging others because of actions.

Mnemonics:
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In the News:
Scholary artical on person perception. According to psycnet. []
 * 1) Proposes that an adequate conceptualization of the person perception process must consider the interpersonal context in which that process occurs as well as the purpose for which it is intended. In line with this proposal, a pragmatic approach to person perception is presented that emphasizes the interpersonal aspects of person perception, particularly those whereby perceivers and targets negotiate the identities that targets are to assume during their interactions. A major implication of this formulation is that contemporary accounts underestimate the accuracy of the person perception process. It is concluded that past treatments of the person perception process are limited and misleading because theorists and researchers have refrained from considering the uniquely social aspects of that process. Research may wish to devote more attention to the manner in which this process is woven into the fabric of people's ongoing social relationships. (4¼ p ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)

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