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Bach, Patric and Schenke, Kimberley C 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1184-4802
(2017)
Predictive social perception: Towards a unifying
framework from action observation to person
knowledge.
Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11 (7).
e12312.
doi:10.1111/spc3.12312
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Abstract
Action observation is central to human social interaction. It allows people to derive what mental states drive others' behaviour and coordinate (and compete) effectively with them. Although previous accounts have conceptualised this ability in terms of bottom‐up (motoric or conceptual) matching processes, more recent evidence suggests that such mechanisms cannot account for the complexity and uncertainty of the sensory input, even in cases where computations should be much simpler (i.e., low‐level vision). It has therefore been argued that perception in general, and social perception in particular, is better described as a process of top–down hypothesis testing. In such models, any assumption about others—their goals, attitudes, and beliefs—is translated into predictions of expected sensory input and compared with incoming stimulation. This allows perception and action to be based on these expectations or—in case of a mismatch—for one's prior assumptions to be revised until they are better aligned with the individual's behaviour. This article will give a (selective) review of recent research from experimental psychology and (social)neuroscience that supports such views, discuss the relevant underlying models, and current gaps in research. In particular, it will argue that much headway can be made when current research on predictive social perception is integrated with classic findings from social psychology, which have already shown striking effects of prior knowledge on the processing of other people's behaviour.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Article Type: | Article |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Action prediction; Person-models; REF2021 |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science |
| Research Priority Areas: | Health, Life Sciences, Sport and Wellbeing |
| Depositing User: | Kim Schenke |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2017 07:54 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2023 09:04 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/4581 |
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