Social Perception

Question 1

___ ____ - Refers to the way that we see one another (this forms our attitudes that we have about other people)

Answer 1

Social perception

Question 2

____ effect - Can be very important in determining an attitude toward someone else (wearing nice clothes to a job interview, first impressions)

Answer 2

Primacy effect

Question 3

____ effect - Change in how we view another person can occur due to this. (We change our impressions of someone based on our most recent interactions with them)

Answer 3

Recency effect

Question 4

___ ___ - Suggests that we explain our behavior and others behavior differently (we tend to attribute behavior either due to disposition or situation)

Answer 4

Attribution theory

Question 5

___ ___ __ - In which we overstate the importance in someone’s disposition rather than their situation (due to the fact that we don’t know their situation. We tend to explain our behavior more on circumstances or external factors, and others on their disposition)

Answer 5

Fundamental attribution error

Question 6

___-___ bias - May occur as well, as we may judge others by only the behavior we witness

Answer 6

Actor-observer bias

Question 7

__-__ bias - Occurs when we attribute our successes to our own disposition, and failures to circumstances. (I got an A in class because I’m smart and worked hard vs. I failed the class because the teacher hated me. Enables someone to take full credit for their success and not be accountable for their failures)

Answer 7

Self-serving bias