Attributional bias — In psychology, an attributional bias is a cognitive bias that affects the way we determine who or what was responsible for an event or action ( attribution ).Attributional biases typically take the form of actor/observer differences : people… … Wikipedia
Outgroup homogeneity bias — According to the outgroup homogeneity bias, individuals see members of their own group as being relatively more varied than members of other groups.This bias was found to be unrelated to the number of group and non group members individuals knew … Wikipedia
List of cognitive biases — A cognitive bias is a pattern of poor judgment, often triggered by a particular situation. Identifying poor judgment, or more precisely, a deviation in judgment, requires a standard for comparison, i.e. good judgment . In scientific… … Wikipedia
Stereotype — For other uses, see Stereotype (disambiguation). A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of stereotype and prejudice are often confused with many other different meanings. Stereotypes… … Wikipedia
Out-group homogeneity — The outgroup homogeneity effect is one s perception of out group members as more similar to one another than are in group members. I.e. they are alike; we are diverse .[1] The outgroup homogeneity effect, or relative outgroup homogeniety has been … Wikipedia
Negativity effect — In psychology, the negativity effect is the tendency of people, when evaluating the causes of the behaviors of a person they dislike, to attribute their positive behaviors to the environment and their negative behaviors to the person s inherent… … Wikipedia
Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
