MGMT 3276 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fundamental Attribution Error, Confirmation Bias
30 Jun 2020
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Ob chapter 3 perceiving ourselves & others. Complexity [ex. identities, # of distinct roles] Consistency and confidence over time] more effective leaders. People tend to rate themselves above avg. ** social identity theory = people define themselves by groups they"re associated with. [emotional attachment, or where they belong to] e. g. you feel better in a group of asians than with others because they understand your jokes and it"s more relatable lmao. Process of attending to some info received by our senses and ignoring other info. Tendency to screen out info that"s contrary to our expectations and more readily accept more info. ** general impression of a person, usually based on one prominent characteristic, colours our perception of that person"s other characteristics. George bush is a horrible leader because he is disrespectful. **primacy effect = reliance on early cues/first impressions. **recency effect = tendency for perceiver to rely on recent cues or last impressions.
