MHR 405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fundamental Attribution Error, Stereotype, Confirmation Bias
20 Sep 2017
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Social identity: defining ourselves in terms of groups to which we belong or have an emotional attachment. Groups selected when easily identified, your membership is the exception, the group has high status. Perception: process of receiving information about and making sense of the world around us. How information is interpreted within our existing knowledge. Affe(cid:272)ted (cid:271)y the per(cid:272)eiver"s (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s assumptions, expectations, needs: emotional markers are assigned nonconsciously to information. Confirmation bias: screening out information contrary to our beliefs/values. Categorical thinking: mostly nonconscious process of organizing people/things (perceptual grouping) Interpreting incoming information: emotional markers automatically evaluate information. Mental models: knowledge structures we create to describe, explain, predict the external world. Problem may block recognition of new opportunities/perspectives. Stereotyping: assigning traits to people based on social category membership. Drive to comprehe(cid:374)d a(cid:374)d predi(cid:272)t others" (cid:271)ehaviour. Stereotyping applies 3 activities derived from social identity and self-enhancement: Homogenization assign similar traits within a group; different traits to other groups.
