SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Impression Formation, Centrality, Fundamental Attribution Error
10 Feb 2016
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Social psychology - feb 9/2016 - social perception and cognition (episode. Impression formation - when we organize information into a unified impression of another person. First impressions are especially important and have an enduring impact for impression formation. Some traits have more impact than others on the impressions we form. A trait has a high level of trait centrality when it has a large impact on the overall impression we form of that person. The principle of covariation: attributing the behaviour to a factor that is: present when the behaviour occurs and, absent when the behaviour fails to occur - a factor that covaries with the behaviour accounting for both. Spuriousness: we want to make sure there is no other variable that is. We often don"t account for this: we ignore all other variables. Fundamental attribution error: tendency of overestimating the importance of personal factors, and underestimating situational influences. He failed the test because he is stupid.
