Title: Navigating the Social World: Universal  Dimensions of Evaluation

Speaker: Prof. Susan Fiske, The Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Department of Psychology, Princeton University

Time: 13:00-15:00, March 19, 2019

Location: Room 1113, Wang Kezhen Building, Peking University

Abstract:

In social cognition, people apparently use two dimensions to evaluate other individuals and groups. First is warmth (trustworthy, friendly intentions), and second is competence (ability, assertiveness). Many theories, including the Stereotype Content Model, propose these dimensions, which account for 80% of the variance in impressions. Here, the data come from descriptive & comparative surveys, theory-testing experiments, free responses from an adversarial collaboration, and neural signatures to explore basic mechanisms.

Host: Prof. Shihui Han