Common Errors In Judgement Flashcards
What is “All-Or-Nothing Thinking”?
It means seeing events or people in black or white, such as turning a single event into a pattern of defeat: “If I don’t get an A in this class, I’m a total failure.”
What is a Snap Judgement?
Decisions made before gathering all the necessary information or facts.
What are Unwarranted Assumptions?
Beliefs and ideas you assume are true in different situations.
(An example is your business instructor allows late homework, so you assume your biology instructor will allow the same.)
Define Projection.
The tendency to attribute to others some of your own traits in an attempt to justify your own faulty judgements or actions.
(ie. “It’s okay to cheat, because everyone else is cheating.)
What are Sweeping Generalizations?
Generalizations that apply one experience to a whole group or issue.
What is the Halo Effect?
A tendency to label a person good at many things based on one or two qualities or actions. For example, my mother. Or Mr. Ross.
What is Negative Labeling?
A focus on and identifying with shortcomings, either yours or other’s. To discount positive qualities or accomplishments: “I’ve lost my keys again. I am so disorganized. Yes, I did organize a successful fundraiser, but that doesn’t count.”
What are stereotypes?
Stereotypes are judgements held by a person or group about the members of another group.
