traits
The Big Five
openness to experience (the big five)
consciousness (the big five)
extroversion (the big five)
- introverts spend their time alone
agreeableness (the big five)
- assume others are good
neuroticism (the big five)
- low scores are more calm and collected
core self-evaluation
- feel in control of their environment
downside of high core self evaluation
- too confident
upside of high core self evaluation
Machiavellianism (Mach)
High Machs
self-monitoring
high self monitors are better at
perception
factors that influence perception
research consistently finds that people make decisions based on
perceptual errors
attribution theory
fundamental attribution error
- in others, we tend to underestimate external factors and overestimate internal factors
self-serving bias
- when we fail, we pin it on external factors
selective perception
- we can’t absorb all information thrown at us
Halo effect
Contrast effect