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Perception
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A process by which individual organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment
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Attribution theory
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An attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is internally or externally caused
(1) Distinctiveness (2) Consensus (3) Consistency |
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Distinctiveness
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Whether an individual displays different behavior in different situations
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Consensus
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If everyone who faces a similar situations responds in the same way (what if everyone was late?)
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Consistency
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Responding the same way over time
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Externally caused behaviors
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What we imagine the situation forced the individual to do
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Internally caused behavior
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What we believe to be under the personal control of the individual
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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The tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of others
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Self-serving bias
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The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors
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Selective Perception
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The tendency to selectively interrpret what one sees on the basis of one's interests, background, experience, and attitudes
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Halo Effect
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The tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic
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Contrast Effects
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Evaluation of a person's characteristics that is affected by comparison with other people recently encountered who rank higher or lower on the same characteristics
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Stereotyping
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Judging someon on the basis of one's perception of the group to which that person belongs
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Self-fufilling prophecy
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Describes how an individual's behavior is determined by other's expectations
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Decisions
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Choices made from among two or more alternatives in reaction to a problem
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