Lesson 9

Question 1

The 7 sins/biases of perception

Answer 1

1. Similar-to-me effect
2 .Primacy effect and first impression
3. Halo effet
4. Contrast effect
5. Leniency
6. Fundamental attribtution error
7. Stereotypes

Question 2

Similar-to-me effect

Answer 2

Tendency to have a positive impression about people who share certain similarities to oneself

Question 3

Primacy effect

Answer 3

Tendency to remember better and to consider as more important the pieces of information that come first

Question 4

Halo effect

Answer 4

Tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic

Question 5

Contrast effect

Answer 5

Evaluation of a person’s characteristics that is affected by comparisons with other people recently encountered who rank higher or lower on the same characteristics

Question 6

Leniency

Answer 6

Leniency error is when a raters’ tendency is to rate all employees at the positive end of the scale

Question 7

Fundamental attribution

error

Answer 7

The tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of others

Question 8

Stereotype

Answer 8

Judgment of someone on the basis of one’s perception of the group to which that person belongs

Question 9

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 9

A situation in which a person inaccurately perceives a second person, and the resulting expectations cause the second person to behave in ways consistent with the original perception
(Average Students - Bright Students)

Question 10

Stereotype threat

Answer 10

Situation in which there is a risk of confirming, as self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one’s group

Question 11

Growth mindset

Answer 11

Belief’s that one’s abilities are not fixed but rests to a large degree in one’s own hands