| Term | Definition |
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| Attribution Theory | the theory that we tend to give a casual explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition |
| Group polarization | tendency of group members to move to an extreme position after discussing an issue as a group |
| Overt Observation | observation in which those being observed are informed of the observer's presence and purpose |
| Covert observation | observation in which the observer's presence or purpose is kept secret from those being observed |
| Actor-Observer Effect | the tendency to attribute our own behavior to situational causes and the behavior of others to dispositional factors |
| Self Serving Bias | the tendency to view one's successes as stemming from internal factors and one's failures as stemming from external factors |
| Fundamental Attribution Error | the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition |
| Defensive attribution | The greater the consequence of an action, the more that attribution will be dispositional rather than situational. |
| Correspondent inference theory | Tendency of people to try and find a match between the behavior they observe and the underlying qualities in the person that produced it |
| Covariation model | Explains how dispositional or situational attributions are made of people we know. Attributions are based upon how DISTINCTIVENESS, CONSISTENCY and CONSENSUS co-vary with each other |
| Dispositional factors | Personal factors of the individual being the main explanation for their behaviour |
| Situational factors | Forces outside an individual's immediate control such as environmental conditions. |
Combine with other sets
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