BiasHaving or being bias means that you favor or prefer one thing, person, or group over another when the two are compared. Typically it is used to refer to being unfair because it inhibits impartial judgement.
Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley
Bad Boy or Hero?Bad boy vs hero, the Salvatore brothers of The Vampire Diaries (a supernatural drama television series), Damon (played by Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan Salvatore (played by Paul Wesley) are both handsome actors. After this teen vampire show aired, viewers became more biased towards one or another as the show progressed which developed something called "Team Damon" and "Team Stefan". Those who sway Team Stefan believe that Stefan should be with Elena, the human girl both brothers love, because he is mature, kind, and honest while those who pull for Team Damon also believe he should be with Elena because he is confident, carefree, and passionate.
Covariation Principle
The covariation principle is a process of attribution in which behavior is observed based on three characteristics:
the behavior's...
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Fundamental Attribution ErrorAlso known as FAE, is a phenomenon in which people make an attribution--a claim about the cause of a person's behavior--based on character, even when they know that the behavior is situational..
Social PsychologistsA social psychologist is a psychologist who studies how the thoughts, emotions, and behavior of individuals influence and are influenced by interactions between people.
Experiments conducted to prove this include:
Attribution TheoryDispositional attribution is an attribution based on a person's personality or characteristics. Situational attribution is an attribution based on a person's situation or environment.
i.e.: Your classmate submits an assignment late:
Dispositional Attribution: You are quick to say that he is lazy and irresponsible and never finishes his work on time. Situational Attribution: You assume that there must have been some genuine issue because of which he could not submit it on time, like some family problem. Pygmalion Effect & Self-fulfilling prophecyThe Pygmalion effect is the tendency for people to behave in accordance with others' expectations.
Self-fulfilling prophecy is a belief that causes itself to become true.
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