week 5: social psychology part 1 Flashcards
The process of inferring the causes of oneโs own and othersโ mental states and behaviours is called ____
Attribution
In making attributions, people rely on three types of information: ___. ___. and ___.
consensus, consistency and distinctiveness
________________is the tendency to assume that other peopleโs behaviour corresponds to their internal states rather than external situations
fundamental attribution error, also call correspondence bias
A phenomenon in which people tend to see themselves in a more positive light than they deserve.
the self-serving bias
____is evaluation towards an object, issue, person. Typically viewed as positively or negatively
Attitudes
What test was developed to measure implicit attitudes and beliefs that people are unwilling or unable to express openly?
The Implicit Association Test (IAT)
_________effect, whereby people become more positive about stimuli the more times they are exposed to them.
mere-exposure effect
The pairing ( conditioning) of a neutral stimulus with a response is often used in marketing.
Classical - conditioning
_________ is behaviours and attitudes are inconsistent
Cognitive Dissonance
Attitudes that regulate thought and behaviour unconsciously and automatically
Implicit attitudes
A condition in which an attitude object is associated with conflicting evaluative responses
Attitudinal ambivalence
The extent to which an attitude is internally consistent
Attitudinal coherence
___, ____, and ____ of an attitude may vary independently of each other.
The cognitive,
evaluative
Behavioural components
The mere-exposure effect only works on ___ and ___ attitudes
neutral attitudes
or
positive attitudes
The mere-exposure effect doesnโt work on ____ attitude.
negative