Social Perception and Behavior Flashcards
What is attribution theory
Focuses on the tendency for individuals to infer the causes of other people’s behavior.
What is dispositional (internal) attribution theory
Tendency of people to infer causes related to the features of the person who is being considered.
What is situational (external) attribution theory
Tendency of people to infer causes related to features of the surroundings or social context.
What is correspondent inference theory
Describes attributions made by observing the intentional (especially unexpected) behaviors performed by another person.
What is fundamental attribution error
Bias toward making dispositional attributions rather than situational attributions.
Define stereotypes
Attitudes and impressions that are made based on limited and superficial information.
Define self-fulfilling prophecy
The phenomenon of a stereotype creating an expectation of a particular group, which creates conditions that lead to confirmation of this stereotype.
Define stereotype threat
A feeling of anxiety about confirming a negative stereotype.
Define prejudice
An irrationally based attitude prior to actual experience.
Define ethnocentrism
The practice of making judgments about other cultures based on the values and beliefs of one’s own culture (in-group vs. out-group).
Define cultural relativism
Studying social groups and cultures on their own terms.
Define discrimination
When prejudicial attitudes cause differences in treatment of a group.
