Ob week 3 test Flashcards
attribution
how someone explains reasoning to why things happen, internal vs external
internal attribution
(disposal attributions) perception that outcomes are due to personality or intellect rather than situation or environment.
external attributions
(situational attributions) The perception that outcomes are due to situation or environment rather than the person
Attribution Cues
consistency cues
consensus cues
distinctiveness cues
consistency cues
does the person engage in the behaviour regularly and consistently?
Consensus cues
DO most people engage in the behaviour, or is it unique to this person?
Distinctiveness cues
does the person engage in the behaviour in many situations, or is it distinctive to this one
biases in attribution(2)
actor-observer effect
self-serving bias
fundamental attribution error
The habit of blaming someone’s personality rather than the situation for their actions.
actor-observer effect
The tendency for people doing an action and those watching to see the reasons for the action differently.
self-serving bias
tendency to take credit for successful outcomes and to deny responsibility for failures
stereotyping
tendency to generalize about people in a social category and ignore variations among them
self-fufilling prophecy
occurs when our expectations about another person cause that person to act in a way that is consistent with those expectations
perceptual errors
halo effect, recency effect, projections, primacy effect, stereotyping, self-fulfilling prophecy
HRPPSS
halo effect
one trait forms a general impression
projection
the tendency for perceivers to attribute their own thoughts and feelings to others
implicit personality theories
personal theories that people have about which personality characteristics go together
primacy effect
the tendency for a perceiver to rely on early cues or first impressions
recency effect
the tendency for a perceiver to rely on recent cues or last impressions
reliance on central traits
physical characteristics of a target person that are of particular interest to a perceiver (eg. Physical appearance; height; weight)
challenges in the workplace related to perception
diversity, - hiring similar people
trust, -trust similar people
organizational support(pos), - does my org care?
human resource management - was i steriotyped or periceived poorly
