Social Perception - Lecture 10

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts related to social perception and attribution as discussed in Lecture 10.

Attribution

How people explain the reasons behind someone's actions.

Dispositional Attribution

Blaming someone's behavior on their personality or mood.

Situational Attribution

Blaming someone's behavior on outside factors like the environment.

Fundamental Attribution Error

Focusing too much on someone's personality while ignoring the situation.

Kelley’s Covariation Model

A way of figuring out why someone acts a certain way by looking at how others behave and how consistent the behavior is.

Consensus

How many other people act the same way in a situation.

Distinctiveness

How unique a person's behavior is to a specific situation.

Consistency

How steady a person's behavior is over time in the same situation.

Cognitive Miser

The idea that people try to save mental effort and often use shortcuts instead of thinking things through.

Perceptual Salience

The tendency to focus on people instead of the context that influences their behavior.

Belief in a Just World

The belief that the world is fair, leading to blaming victims for their misfortunes.

Cultural Differences in Attribution

Different cultures have different ways of explaining behavior.