While walking down the street, a woman notices a filthy man aggressively asking passersby for spare change and says to herself, "Loser." When people use available information to form their impressions of others, it is known as what?
A) Social bias
B) Social perception
C) Social deception
D) Social deviance
Ans: B
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Central to the labeling process is social perception, which refers to the processes through which people use available information to form impressions of and assess others. Social perceptions can obviously be flawed—even skilled observers can misperceive, misjudge, and reach the wrong conclusions.
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