Chapter 13 Flashcards
Attribution
Claim about cause of someones behaviour
Person bias
Thinking the cause is in the person and skipping the situation which might be the cause. Aka fundamental attribution error, bit extreme.
Situation where FAE is mostly made
Differs per culture, Western is more biased.
Too little info
Too little motivation
Too little time
Distracted
Self fulfilling prophecie
Tendency to let your expectation influence your decision. Telling teacher kid is bright.
Meeting on internet
positive correlation. True selve on internet and try out new identity. 2nd meeting more positive if first was online
Self-concept
Way you define yourself, has to do with self-awareness, self-esteem. Personal identity is how you view yourself, social is group you refer to.
Self-serving attributional bias
Attribute succes to yourself and failure to situation
Attitude
Belief or opinion with evaluative component
Implicit: Automatic mental association, measured with association test (classifying more quickly if associated)
Explicit: Conscious, verbally stated. Fast are rule of thumb, important are slow.