PY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Fundamental Attribution Error, Matching Principle
29 Aug 2016
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Long-term evaluation depends heavily on first impressions. First impressions are mostly from nonverbal behavior. A video of a male professor teaching for thirty seconds, without sound and people were asked to rate how they would feel about learning from him. Educated guesses about what a person is like. Fundamental attribution error: overemphasize personality and underestimate situation for others. Actor/observer discrepancy: situation explains our own behavior, disposition explains others" behavior. Perspective taking and perspective thinking: listening (majority) and being heard (minority, can backfire in the reverse. Variety of factors: situational factors, proximity. If you spend more time with the roommate you don"t like, then you will grow to like them: familiarity. We like people who are similar to us in attitudes, values, interests, backgrounds, and personalities. Matching principle: romantic pairing success correlates with physical similarity. But small mistakes can help (the pratfall effect) Standards of beauty are influenced by society. But ratings are fairly consistent across cultures.
