concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: salience

salience
type: Concept
broader: social cognition
definition: Definition The term salient refers to anything (person, behavior, trait, etc.) that is prominent, conspicuous, or otherwise noticeable compared with its surroundings. Salience is usually produced by novelty or unexpectedness, but can also be brought about by shifting one's attention to that feature. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Salience]

social cognition
type: Concept
narrower: salience