BUSI 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Job Performance, Social Identity Theory, Fundamental Attribution Error
28 Feb 2018
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Perception: the process of interpreting the messages of our senses to provide order and meaning to the environment. Perceptual defence: the tendency for the perceptual system to defend the perceiver against unpleasant emotions. Social identity theory: a theory that states that people form perceptions of themselves based on their personal characteristics and memberships in social categories. Primary effect: the tendency for a perceiver to rely on early cues or first impressions. Recency effect: the tendency for a perceiver to rely on recent cues or last impressions. Central traits: personal characteristics of a target person that are of particular interest to a perceiver. Implicit personality theories: personal theories that people have about which personality characteristics go together. Projection: the tendency for perceivers to attribute their own thoughts and feelings to others. Stereotyping: the tendency to generalize about people in a certain social category and ignore variations among them.
