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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attitudes | Learned tendencies to like or dislike specific things. |
| Attribution | The reason someone gives to explain his or her own behavior or experiences, or the behavior or experiences of others. |
| Base rate fallacy | The tendency to judge a group of people based on one's judgment of one person in the group. |
| Cognitive Dissonance | Holding two attitudes that disagree with each other. |
| Confirmation Bias | The tendency to look for information that agrees with our opinions and therefore strengthens our bias. |
| Consensus | When many people have the same response to a situation. Example: Everyone got a low score on the math test. |
| Consistency | When a person acts or responds the same whenever a certain situation is present. Example: Kristin always scores high on math tests. |
| dispositional attribution | Citing a person's qualities as the reasons for his or her actions or experiences. |
| distinctiveness | When a person acts differently from other people in the same situation. Example: Only Kristin got a high score on the math test. |
| fundamental attribution error | The tendency to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences when judging other people's behavior. Example: Seeing a homeless person and assuming homelessness must be his or her fault. |
| representativeness heuristic | The tendency to judge a person by what group he or she is in. |
| social cognition | How people think about themselves, their roles, and other people. |
| self-concept | The knowledge that a person has about him- or herself. Example: Knowing your own name, your age, the subjects you take in school, and what you like to do for fun. |
| self-efficacy | How a person evaluates his or her ability to perform certain tasks. Example: Believing you are a good soccer player. |
| self-esteem | How someone feels about his or her self-knowledge. Example: Feeling good about yourself. |
| self-fulfilling prophecy | The tendency for people to meet expectations. Example: A coach who expects his or her team to fail may treat the team in a way that makes it more likely that they will fail. |
| situational attribution | Citing a person's situation as the reason for his or her actions or experiences. |
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