Assessing social perception
Social perception is the ability to read selected social cues in order to make judgements about the behaviour, attitudes and emotions of others (McFall, 1982).
Social cues include:
- Facial expression and tone of voice
- Gesture and “body language”
- Contextual information
- Knowledge of the world
People who suffer brain damage can have impaired social perception and this has significant impacts on their everyday interactions. Professor Skye McDonald, opens in a new window specialises in the field of neuropsychology and has developed a test (The Awareness of Social Inference Test or TASIT) to assess social perception. Please visit the neuropsychology section of our website for more information. Please click here, opens in a new window to download a PDF poster of a psychometric study of TASIT. TASIT can be purchased here, opens in a new window.
Ethics and Sona resources
Please follow the links below for more information and resources on the Research Participation program for staff and graduate students. You should save each document to your network drive (z: drive) and edit it from there to avoid losing changes.
- HREAP-C process overview
- Ethics Approval Application Form, opens in a new window
- HREAP-C Application for Participants, opens in a new window
- UNSW Sona Researchers Guide, opens in a new window
- Sona debrief questions, opens in a new window
- HREAP Recruitment flyer template, opens in a new window
- Modification request form, opens in a new window
