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Summarize the process of person perception
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Person perception is defined as "the mental processes we use to form judgments and draw conclusions about he characeristics and motives of other people. "Regarding the process of person perception,humans are prone to making inferences regarding the intentions of people and thus form judgements about them. The perceptions and judgements regarding a person's actions are often frequently influenced by the assumptions we make about the person's internal state. Attribution theory refers to the ways that we judge people differently, depending on what meaning we give to a certain behavior. Whenever people observe an individual's behavior they try to determine ...
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