PSY-2012 Chapter Notes - Chapter ch 13: Fundamental Attribution Error, In-Group Favoritism, Confirmation Bias
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Tend to occur when forming impressions of others that can affect our happiness or welfare. Process of forming judgments and drawing conclusions about other people. How we expect others to behave can influence our actual perceptions of them. We tend to selectively recall facts than confirm our views instead of considering all available information. Process whereby expectations about a person cause the person to behave in ways that confirm the expectations. P(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess of i(cid:374)fe(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:374)g the (cid:272)ause of so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396) Behavior of others is attributed to internal, personal characteristics, while underestimating the effects of external situational factors. When explaining our own behavior we are more likely to use external, situational attributions than internal, personal attributions. Tendency to attribute successful outcomes to internal causes and unsuccessful outcomes to external , situational causes. Characteristics associated with all members of a specific group. Negative attitude toward people who belong to a specific social group. Groups of which we are not members (them)
