MHR 405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fundamental Attribution Error, Sport Utility Vehicle, Social Identity Theory
21 May 2016
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Perceptions can cause organization"s value to leak out. Na ve realism: we don"t see things as they are, we see things the way we are. Post-modernism: reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Environmental stimuli: darker, emptier road, call on the radio, partner sitting next to him, one black suv on road. Selective attention: african-american woman bending down, tracking the wrong suv. Organization and interpretation: african-american on the phone and lashing out anger towards innocent people in suv, believes woman flirting with him, defending her innocent as she"s more vocal than husband. Attitude and behaviour: racist, sexual harassment behaviour, exploitation of power. Halo-horn effect: one trait affects perception of person"s other traits (unique to perceiver) e. g. , british accent more intelligent than others. False-consensus effect: overestimate how many others have similar believes or traits like ours e. g. , justification of firing, promoting person. Internal attribution: perception that behaviour is caused by person"s own motivation or ability.
