psych chap 6

halo effect

tendency to allow a positive impression to create positive expectations

social cognition

how we perceive, think and use info to make judgements

personal perception

the mental processes we use to think and evaluate

physical cues

how people look and the way they act

salience

prominent, distinctive and noticeable acts that attract attention

social categorisation

classifying each other into groups based on common characteristics

in group

any group you identify or belong to

out belong

any group you do not belong or identify with

attribution

perception and assignment to behaviours

internal attribution

behaviour explained using personal characteristics

external attribution

assigns the cause of an event to situational factors

fundamental attribution error

blames others failure on internal factors

self-serving bias

personal success due to internal factors

failure due to external factors

actor-observer bias

explaining failure due to external factors