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Social Psychology
The study of how we think about, influence, and relate to others.
Person Perception
How we form impressions of ourselves and others, including attributions of behavior.
Attributions
Inferences that people draw about the causes of events, others’ behavior, and their own behavior.
Attribution Theory
The idea that we give a causal explanation for someone's behavior.
Fundamental Attribution Error
The tendency to overemphasize personal traits while minimizing situational influences.
Actor-observer Bias
The tendency for those acting in a situation to attribute their behavior to external causes, but for observers to attribute others’ behaviors to internal causes (which contributes to the fundamental attribution error).
Just-world Phenomenon
The tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get.
Self-serving Bias
Attributing one’s successes to personal factors and one’s failures to situational factors. (Double standard)
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
A belief that leads to its own fulfillment.
False Consensus Effect
Tendency of people to overestimate the level to which other people share their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.
Spotlight Effect
The phenomenon where people tend to overestimate how much others notice aspects of one’s appearance or behavior.
Halo Effect
Overall impression of a person influences how we feel and think about his or her character.
Confirmation Bias
Type of cognitive bias that involves favoring information that confirms your previously existing beliefs or biases.
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