Summary: Social Psychology | 9781292090504 | Michael Hogg, et al

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  • 2 Social cognition and social thinking

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  • Internal/dispositional attributions

    The behavior is determined by the personality of the individual
  • External/situational attributions

    The behavior is determined by the situation
  • Correspondence inference theory

    Does someone's behavior correspond with their dispositions/personality
    we are more likely to make attribute behavior to personality when it is:
    • freely chosen
    • exclusive (non-common)
    • high in personality
    • low in social desirability
    • hedonically relevant 
  • Kelleys attribution theory

    (covariation model)
    • consistency: does harry always smile at the blonde
    • distinctiveness: does harry smile at all cashiers
    • consensus: does everyone smile at the blonde cashier 
  • Fundamental attribution errors

    Over-emphasize dispositonal, or personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while under-emphasizing situational explanations
  • Primacy effect/ anchoring bias

    The information represented first disproportionally influence the final impression
  • Implicit personality theory

    We have our own idea of which characteristics go together and form a person(ality)
  • 3 The Self

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  • Personal identity: individual self

    defining self in terms of Individual traits and close personal relationships
  • 4 Stereotypes & Discrimination

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  • Role congruity theory

    Evaluated as 'good at your role' if you conform to stereotypes associated with that role, the opposite created at bad evaluation (women in leadership roles for example)
  • 3-component attitude model:

    1. Cognitive: beliefs about a group
    2. affective: strong feelings and emotions about a group
    3. conative/behavioral: behave in certain ways towards a group

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