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14. Thanks, I think that puts me on the right track

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 10:01 PM

Aug 2013

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-attribution-bias.htm

Attributional biases in social psychology are a class of cognitive errors triggered when people evaluate the dispositions or qualities of others based on incomplete evidence.

It's analogous to an "attribution error", to be sure, though perhaps not with as linear a relationship between cause and effect. It's not so much "He slammed the phone down, therefore it's safe to say he's an angry person", as "I have witnessed a behavior that I find disagreeable and will now simply disparage anything he has to say, regardless of the topic or situation".

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I'm looking for a word or phrase [View all] IDemo Jul 2013 OP

This would seem to fall under 'stereotype'. PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #1

While it may work in some situations, not exactly what I'm after IDemo Jul 2013 #3

counter-indicative? Chan790 Jul 2013 #2

Sounds somewhat clinical, but it is from a psych book after all IDemo Jul 2013 #4

something like an invalid negative characterization or generalization...? NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #5

Again, not one word, SheilaT Jul 2013 #6

pigeon-hole Sanity Claws Jul 2013 #7

Oooh, I like that. SheilaT Jul 2013 #8

Synecdoche? Generalization? valerief Jul 2013 #9

Would "typecast" work? (eom) Petrushka Jul 2013 #10

This sounds a lot like dispositional attribution. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #11

Thanks, I think that puts me on the right track IDemo Aug 2013 #14

labelling unedited Aug 2013 #12

I guess I need to reset a bit here. IDemo Aug 2013 #13

Umbrageous? joshcryer Aug 2013 #15

Absence of critical thinking, perhaps? Maybe it's not what's there but what's not there. valerief Aug 2013 #16