CHAPTER 3 (II)

We are likely to attribute another’s behaviour to internal causes when consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency are all low.

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The actor-observer effect suggests that we often tend to explain others’ behaviours as stemming from their personality rather than situational influences.

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The tendency to explain other people's behaviour as being caused from dispositions even when situational causes are present is known as correspondence bias.

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Facial expressions are universal across all cultures and carry information about other people’s motives.

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Body movements that carry specific meaning in a given culture are known as signs.

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The theory of correspondent inference suggests that we try to infer other people’s traits from key aspects of their behaviour.

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The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to internal causes and negative outcomes to external causes is known as the actor-observer effect.

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Kelly’s theory of causal attribution focuses on central and peripheral traits.

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Attitude helps us to protect ourselves from unwanted or unpleasant information about ourselves.

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The advance warning that one is about to become target of an attempt at persuasion is known as forewarning.

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