Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Stereotype Threat, Facial Symmetry, Social Comparison Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

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What types of information lead us to form a situational. Attribution: judgments about the causes of our own and other people"s behaviour and outcomes rather than a. Personal (internal) attributions: infer that peoples" personal attribution? behaviour is caused by their characteristics (i insulted you because you are a rude person) Situational (external) attributions: aspects of the situation. Describe the fundamental cause a behaviour (i was provoked into insulting you) Three types of information determine the attribution we attribution error and the self-serving bias. How do cultural norms affect these attributional tendencies? make: consistency, distinctiveness and consensus. Explain how our incorrect expectations can become self- fulfilling. Self-fulfilling prophecies: occur usually without conscious awareness, when people act a certain way so expected behaviours can show up. Attitude: positive or negative evaluate reaction toward a stimulus, such as a person, action, object, or concept.