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• According to this theory, you actively analyze a person’s behaviour to make inferences based on 3 variables: degree of choice, expectation, intended consequences of the behaviour.

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correspondent interference theory

2
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how a person’s behaviour can be attributed to either personal dispositional or situational circumstances

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covariation theory

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three variables to be considered if a behaviour is dispositional or situational

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consistency, distinctiveness, consensus

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tendency to over-value dispositional factors for the observed behaviours of others while under-valuing situational factors

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fundamental attribution error

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You are more vulnerable to making the fundamental attribution error when determining the causes of the behaviours in others rather than your own
-The difference in how you perceive your behaviours and that of others

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actor/observer effect

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we view success as reflecting our true abilities and failures as flukes of circumstance.

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self-serving bias

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When using this heuristic, you classify people by considering how well their behaviour fits with a certain prototype
-we tend to judge a sample (a particular outcome) to be likely to occur if it is similar to the population from which it was selected

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Representativeness Heuristic

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  • This heuristic is used in making attributions
  • Different experiences readily available to your memory
  • probability estimates are affected by how easy it is to think of examples.
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availability heuristic

9
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In any social situation, there is a wealth of complex information to consider and limited attention to put towards this task

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cognitive heuristic

10
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4 factors that make it more likely for you to be attracted to a person

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proximity, familiarity, physical attraction, and peer opinions

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occur with conscious direction and deliberate thought (controlled)

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explicit processes

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occur outside of our awareness, without conscious control (automatic)

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implicit processes

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depends on the situation

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situational attribution

14
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depends on the disposition or traits of the person in question

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dispositional attribution

15
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we sometimes have a tendency to over-estimate dispositional attributes and under-estimate situational attributes.

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fundamental attribution

16
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  • the belief that your thoughts are similar to others

- Makes us overestimate how much others agree with us

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false consensus effect

17
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this occurs when individuals believe that two variables are related even though there is no evidence for that relationship.

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illusory correlation

18
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used to implicitly test for racial stereotypes

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implicit association task