Social perception and managing diversity lectures Flashcards
is a process whereby we process social information–information related to interactions with others, motives for behaviors, etc.
Social perception
if ac child is pushed by another child in the line, he/she may be more likely to assume the other child did it intentionally to hurt them, rather than assume that it was an accident
Social Information Processing Model
4 steps in the Social information processing model
- Selective attention/awareness
- Encoding and simplification
- Storage and Retention
- Retrieval and Response
environmental stimuli/information
- salient/meaningful information
Selective attention/awareness
interpretation/categorization
- schemas
- scripts
- categories
- stereotypes
Encoding and simplification
memory (different types)
- semantic
- episodic (event)
- people
Storage and retention
judgements and decisions
- attributions
- ratings/judgements
- decisions
-bias/errors
Retrieval and response
- fundamental attribution bias (aka FA error)
- self serving bias
- halo effect
- “pitchfork” error (aka (“horns” error)
- leniency error
- severity error
- central tendency error
- recency effect
- primary effect
- stereotyping
- projection
- contrast effect
- “similar to me” effect
Different types of implicit biases and errors
we tend to make internal attributions for the behavior of other people instead of external
- (buddy was late for lunch you think he forgot or doesn’t care opposed to he got caught in traffic)
Fundamental attribution
people take credit for the success but don’t take accountability for their failures
Self-Serving Bias
Error that happens when one positive aspect of a person cause you to see that person in positive ways in other aspects you have no information about
Halo error
you find out something negative about a person and you make negative attributions about them in other ares in which you have no information
“Pitchfork” error
(aka “Horns” error
tendency to rate people in a lenient way
- (someone who tips 30% no matter how good or bad service at a restaurant is)
Leniency error
tendency to rate people always in a harsh way
- (someone who tips 5% no matter how good or bad the service at a restaurant is)
Severity error
tendency to rate people always in the down the middle
- (someone who tips 15% no matter how good or bad the service at a restaurant is)
Central tendency error