PSY 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Harold Kelley, Fundamental Attribution Error, Dispositional Attribution
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Social psychology- the study of the causes and consequences of sociality. Social cognititon- process by which people come to understand others. Stereotyping- process by which people draw inferences about others based on knowledge of the category to which others belong. First impressions: the primacy effect is the principle that the first information learned about someone is the most powerful. Perceptual confirmation- when observers perceive what they expect to perceive. Self fulfilling prophecy- tendency to cause what they expect. Illusionary correlation- seeing a pattern of a relationship between 2 variables where no relationship exists. Prejudice is a positive or negative evaluation of another based on their group membership. Scapegoat theory- prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone else to blame. Contact hypothesis- increasing contact and familiarity reduces negative attitudes. Superordinate goals- goals that require people to cooperate in order to succeed. Attribution- any claim about the cause of someone"s behavior: dispositional attributions, situational attributions.
