Attributions
Our explanations for events or actions, including other people’s behavior.
Attributions.
People’s tendency to behave in ways that confirm their own expectations or other people’s expectations.
Self-fulfilling prophecy.
Those groups that we belong to.
Ingroup.
People’s explanations for why events or actions occur that refer to people’s internal characteristics, such as abilities, traits, moods, or efforts.
Dispositional attributions.
The worry or fear about confirming negative stereotypes related to a person’s own group.
Stereotype threat.
Those groups that we do not belong to.
Outgroups.
People’s explanations for why events or actions occur that refer to external events, such as the weather, luck, accidents, or other people’s actions.
Situational attributions.
Mental shortcuts for rapid processing of social information.
Stereotypes.
Our group memberships are an important part of how we view ourselves.
Social identity theory.
Making attributions in a way that lead a person to think that victims must have done something to justify what happened to them.
Just world hypothesis.
Negative feelings, opinions, and beliefs associated with a stereotype.
Prejudice.
In explaining other people’s behavior, the tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors.
Fundamental attribution error.
The inappropriate and unjustified treatment of people based on the groups they belong to.
Discrimination.