SOP- Chapter 3

Persistence of one’s initial conceptions despite contradictory evidence.

once people have a rationale for their beliefs the
beliefs become almost impenetrable by facts or argument

Incorporating “misinformation” into one’s memory of the event after witnessing an event and receiving misleading information about it.

implicit attitudes are ________ judgments

Tendency to be more confident than correct – to overestimate the accuracy of one’s beliefs

Tendency to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions

Tendency to presume, sometimes despite contrary odds, that someone or something belongs to a particular group if resembling (representing) a typical member

cognitive rule that judges the likelihood of things in terms of their availability in memory

Tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences upon others’ behavior

Belief that leads to its own fulfillment based on interaction of person and environment

True or False
Memory is not like a library. Memories themselves change as we access them.
True False

Why do we commit the fundamental attribution error?