Person perception

Question 1

Define personal attribution

Answer 1

Attribution to internal characteristics of a person (ability, personality, mood, effort)

Question 2

Define situational attribution

Answer 2

Attribution to factors external to a person (the task, other people, luck)

Question 3

what factors are peoples attributions based on

Answer 3

Consistency
Distinctiveness
Consensus

Question 4

What are cognitive heuristics

Answer 4

Information-processing rules of thumb that makes us think quick and easy (but not always flawless)

Question 5

Define availability heuristics

Answer 5

Tendency to estimate the odds that an event will occur by how easily it pops to mind.

Question 6

Define false-consensus effect

Answer 6

overestimation of extent to which others share their opinions, attributes and behaviours

Question 7

Define base-rate fallacy

Answer 7

social perceptions are more influenced by one vivid life story than statistical facts (fear of flying, crime reports)

Question 8

Define the fundamental attribution error (FAE)

Answer 8

The tendency to underestimate the impact of situational factors on other peoples behaviour.

Question 9

define self-serving bias

Answer 9

Tendency to attribute success to ourselves and failures to others or to the situation

Question 10

Define locus of control

Answer 10

To what extent do you believe that you are responsible for your own fate