COMMERCE 1BA3 Quiz: COMMERCE 1BA3- Perception

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMMERCE 1BA3
• Professor: Teal Mc Ateer

Document Summary

Tendency to overemphasize dispositional explanations for behaviour at the expense of situational explanations *all about the person, perceivers or observers tend to view the undesirable: actor-observer effect. Propensity for actors and observers to view the causes of the actor"s behaviour differently. Tend to see the opposite: self-serving bias. Tendency to take credit for successful outcomes and to deny responsibility for failures. *refers to a process in which we tend to attribute (give to, assign to) to someone characteristics that typify (represent, typical) of a particular group to which they belong* Occurs when our expectations about another person cause that person to act in a way that is consistent with those expectations. One trait forms a general impression *when i have a favourable impression i will spread it onto other aspects- or bad things get spread causing them to be worse than they are: projection.