FCSS*1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fundamental Attribution Error, Confirmation Bias, Physical Attractiveness
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Motives and emotional state also influence what we notice. Organization: arranging info from the environment in a meaningful way to make sense of it. Perceptual schema: cognitive frameworks that allow us to give order to info. 4 types of schema to classify people: physical constructs: classify according to appearance and sound, role constructs: uses social position, interaction constructs: focuses on social behaviour, psychological constructs: ex. Punctuation: describes the determination of causes and effects in a series of interactions. We judge ourselves more charitably than we do others. Fundamental attribution error: judge self in most generous terms possible but blame other"s problems on their own personal qualities. Self-serving bias: quick to take credit for success and assign blame elsewhere for failures. We are influenced by the obvious (but the most obvious factor is not always the only cause) Halo effect: positive first impressions, often influenced by physical attractiveness (may also believe they have other positive qualities because they"re attractive)
