Ob week 3 test

Question 1

attribution

Answer 1

how someone explains reasoning to why things happen, internal vs external

Question 2

internal attribution

Answer 2

(disposal attributions) perception that outcomes are due to personality or intellect rather than situation or environment.

Question 3

external attributions

Answer 3

(situational attributions) The perception that outcomes are due to situation or environment rather than the person

Question 4

Attribution Cues

Answer 4

consistency cues
consensus cues
distinctiveness cues

Question 5

consistency cues

Answer 5

does the person engage in the behaviour regularly and consistently?

Question 6

Consensus cues

Answer 6

DO most people engage in the behaviour, or is it unique to this person?

Question 7

Distinctiveness cues

Answer 7

does the person engage in the behaviour in many situations, or is it distinctive to this one

Question 8

biases in attribution(2)

Answer 8

actor-observer effect
self-serving bias

Question 9

fundamental attribution error

Answer 9

The habit of blaming someone’s personality rather than the situation for their actions.

Question 10

actor-observer effect

Answer 10

The tendency for people doing an action and those watching to see the reasons for the action differently.

Question 11

self-serving bias

Answer 11

tendency to take credit for successful outcomes and to deny responsibility for failures

Question 12

stereotyping

Answer 12

tendency to generalize about people in a social category and ignore variations among them

Question 13

self-fufilling prophecy

Answer 13

occurs when our expectations about another person cause that person to act in a way that is consistent with those expectations

Question 14

perceptual errors

Answer 14

halo effect, recency effect, projections, primacy effect, stereotyping, self-fulfilling prophecy
HRPPSS

Question 15

halo effect

Answer 15

one trait forms a general impression

Question 16

projection

Answer 16

the tendency for perceivers to attribute their own thoughts and feelings to others

Question 17

implicit personality theories

Answer 17

personal theories that people have about which personality characteristics go together

Question 18

primacy effect

Answer 18

the tendency for a perceiver to rely on early cues or first impressions

Question 19

recency effect

Answer 19

the tendency for a perceiver to rely on recent cues or last impressions

Question 20

reliance on central traits

Answer 20

physical characteristics of a target person that are of particular interest to a perceiver (eg. Physical appearance; height; weight)​

Question 21

challenges in the workplace related to perception

Answer 21

diversity, - hiring similar people
trust, -trust similar people
organizational support(pos), - does my org care?
human resource management - was i steriotyped or periceived poorly