Social: the self Flashcards
personality psychologists
thinks in terms of the person
social pyschologolists
think in terms of the situation
attribution theory
how we perceive the cause of a person’s behavior
dispositional attribution
personality
situational attribution
the situation
fundamental attribution error
overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate the influence of situations;
for other;
opposite for self
attitudes
feelings/beliefs that predispose our reactions to things in life
foot-in-door phenomon
the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request.
door-in-face phenomenon
outlandish requests get rejected and followed by smaller requests;
smaller more likely agreed
Roles
a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave
cognitive dissonance
guilty you feel when your behavior no match beliefs