The Golem Effect
Low expectations placed on individuals lead to poor performance
Heisenberg effect
People act differently when they are being watched
Pygmalion effect
Higher expectations lead to improved performance in individuals
Hawthorne effect
People change or improve behaviour because they are aware they are being observed
A confounding variable
An external factor that influences both the independent and dependent variables
Control variable
The variable that is kept constant through the whole experiment
The fundamental attribution error/bias
People over emphasise personality traits and under emphasise situational factors explaining others behaviours
Self serving bias
Success internal factors while blaming external factors for their failures
The just world hypothesis
People get what they deserve. Good actions are rewarded bad actions are punished
Vegetarian personality
High levels of empathy, openness, strong values
