BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Subjective Constancy, Dispositional Attribution, Fundamental Attribution Error
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Critique to a target before a promotional period vs. general critique when there is no promotional period has different meanings for the target. Social identity theory: people"s per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s of the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es are (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) their (cid:271)elo(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:448)arious so(cid:272)ial categories, ex. Gender, nationality, religion: situation/context affects perception, ex. Med stude(cid:374)ts = do(cid:272)tors i(cid:374) patie(cid:374)t"s perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:271)ut just stude(cid:374)ts i(cid:374) the classroom. What school they graduated from), then the perceiver ignores cues that violate initial perceptions (ex. La(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a (cid:271)ig (cid:272)o(cid:374)tra(cid:272)t (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed as e(cid:454)(cid:272)usi(cid:374)g the (cid:455)ear"s (cid:271)ad sales: reliance on central traits: personal characteristics of a target person that are of particular interest to a perceiver, depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) the per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)er"s i(cid:374)terests, ex. An engineer might organize their impressions of a new co-worker based on their intellectual capacity: a big one is attractiveness, taller, attractive people are more likely to be promoted, paid more, etc. Implicit personality theories: personal theories that people have about which personality traits go together: ex.
