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Important terms for Perceptions


Perception is a major category under Social Psychology.

Social Psychology: Emphasis & explain on prejudice, thoughts, feelings, peer pressure, and the way people process information about themselves and others.

Social Cognition: It foucsed on how we preceive/store/retrieve information about social interactions and events. (It is also a subarea of social psychology).
Example: The changes in children's relationship as they understand themselves and others.

Perception: Interpretations rather than exact copies of reality, which may be changed/biased by personal experiences.


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