COMST 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natural Selection, Multiplexing, Negativity Bias
1 Sep 2016
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Impressions of new people are more heavily influenced by the positive information we have about them. If we know something good about someone, we tend to interpret their actions as "good" instead of "bad: halo effect. If it looks good, it must be good. Negativity bias: we weigh negative information more heavily than positive/neutral information. If you learn something negative before you get to know someone, then you might have a hard time seeing them positively. Consistency: many people share the same impression: evidence is muxed on our ability to accurately judge internal characteristics by. Ncv alone: true accuracy requires reliable information. How to get rid of bias (sort of: cultivate objective criteria. Describe instead of assigning meaning: cultivate awareness. Try to get the whole story: stay at level of description. Don"t assign personal information to someone without knowing them: description precedes interpretation. Paradigms and theories: paradigm = model o.
