Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Social Facilitation, Self-Perception Theory, Social Exchange Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

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Personal (internal) attributions: people"s behaviour is caused by their characteristics: my a on my exam reflects my high ability. Situational (external) attributions: aspects of a situation cause a behaviour: i received an easy a, because the test was easy. Self serving bias: making relatively more personal attributions for successes and more situational attributions for failures: successes personal factors: we played great defense, failures external causes: poor officiating. Primacy effect: our tendency to attach more importance to the initial information what we learn about a person: more alert to information we learn first, initial information may shape subsequent information. Stereotype: a generalized belief about a group or category of people: powerful type of schema. Self fulfilling prophecy: when people"s erroneous expectations lead them to act toward others in a way that brings about the expected bahaviours, thereby confirming the original impression: occurs usually without conscious thought. Attitude: a positive or negative evaluative reaction toward a stimulus: person, action, object, or concept.