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| the process of transmitting information from one person or place to another |
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| the process by which individuals attend to, organize, interpret and retain information from their environment |
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| the personality-, psychology-, or experience-based differences tha influence people to ignore or pay attention to particular stimuli |
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| the tendency to notice and accept objects and information consistent with our values, beliefs, and expectations while ignoring or screening out inconsistent information |
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| the tendency to fill in gaps of missing information by assuming what we don't know is consistent with what we already know |
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| the theory that we all have a basic need to understand and explain the causes of other people's behavior |
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| the tendency for people to perceive themselves as personally and situationally similar to someone who is having difficulty or trouble |
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| Fundamental Attribution Error |
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| the tendency to ignore external causes of behavior and to attribute other people's actions to internal causes |
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| the tendency to overestimate our value by attributing successes to ourselves (internal causes) and attributing failures to others or the environment (external causes) |
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