12.1 Flashcards
nonverbal behavior
The facial expressions, gestures, mannerisms, and movements which one communicates with others
thin slices of behavior
Powerful cues for impression formation.
gait
how people walk
attributions
People’s explanations for why events or actions occur
personal attributions (internal or dispositional attributions)
explanations that refer to people’s internal characteristics, such as abilities, traits, moods, or efforts
situational attributions (external attributions)
Explanations that refer to external events, such as weather, luck, accidents, or other people’s actions
fundamental attribution error
In explaining other people’s behavior, the tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors.
correspondence bias
to emphasize our tendency to expect the behaviors of others to correspond with our own beliefs and personalities
actor/observer discrepancy
when interpreting our own behavior, we tend to focus on situations. When interpreting other people’s behavior, we tend to focus on dispositions.
*we tend to attribute our own lateness to traffic
we tend to attribute other’s lateness to personal characteristics such as laziness
self-fulfilling prophecy
People’s tendency to behave in ways that confirm their own expectations or other people’s expectations.
prejudice
negative feelings, opinions, and beliefs associated with a sterotype
discrimination
the inappropriate and unjustified treatment of people as a result of prejudice
ingroups
groups to which we belong to
outgroups
groups to which we do not belong to
outgroup homogeneity effect
we tend to view outgroup members as less varied than ingroup members
