SOCPSY 1Z03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Fundamental Attribution Error, Belief Perseverance, Stereotype Threat

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Karen Mc Garry

Document Summary

Actor- observer difference - observers tend to attribute actors behaviors to the actors internal characteristics of the external situation. Attribution - process observer uses to infer the causes of another behavior. Belief perseverance - tendency to view our initial assumption as correct despite evidence to the contradictory as belief perseverance. Categorization - our tendency to perceive stimuli as members of a group or classes rather than isolated unique identities. Complexity extremity effect - less complex schemas lead to more extreme judgements and evaluation. Conformation bias - before interaction, the doctor has categorized patient as mentally ill. with the categorization firmly in place, the doctor falls victim to conformation bias. Dispositional attributions - internal states of person who performed it *learn. Focus-of-attention bias - closely related error to overestimate the casual impact of whoever and or whatever we focus our attention on.