PS270 Lecture Notes - Fundamental Attribution Error, Confirmation Bias, Snob
Document Summary
Describe the fundamental attribution error and understand why it occurs. Define and apply the concepts of consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency. Compare and contrast the numerous intuitive social judgements in terms of their origins and the cognitive errors that result. Misinformation effect incorporating misinformation into one"s memory of the event, after witnessing an event and receiving misinformation about it. Overconfidence phenomenon the tendency to be more confident than correct (to overestimate the accuracy of one"s beliefs) Confirmation bias a tendency to search for information that confirms one"s preconceptions. Heuristics a thinking strategy that enables quick, efficient judgements. Representativeness heuristic the tendency to presume, sometimes despite contrary odds that someone or something belongs to a particular group if resembling (or representing) a typical member. Availability heuristic a cognitive rule that judges the likelihood of things in terms of their availability in memory; if instances of something come readily to mind, we presume it to be commonplace.
