BUS 272 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fundamental Attribution Error, Confirmation Bias, Personal Identity
3 Dec 2014
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Complexity: people see themselves in many ways (student, friend, sportsman) Consistency: selves similar to each other and compatible with personality traits. Person"s natural motivation to have a positive self-concept. Person"s natural motivation to confirm and maintain self-concept. Self-esteem: the extent in which people like, respect and are satisfied with them. Self-efficacy: person"s belief that he has the mars to complete a task. General belief about personal control over life events, Personal identity: attributes that make us unique from people in the social to which we have connection. Social identity theory: people define themselves by the groups to which they belong. The process of receiving information and making sense of the world around us. How to interpret this info within our existing knowledge framework. Emotional markers (worry, happy, etc. ) attached to select info. Confirmation bias: information contrary to our beliefs/values is screened out. The process of assigning trends to people on the basis of their membership in a social category.
