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Gordon, Anne K.; Kaplar, Mary E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
In this article we describe a new classroom exercise for introducing the actor-observer bias in social perception. We describe 2 experiments that compared our new technique (which involves resolving interpersonal dilemmas for oneself and another) with a previously established technique (judging the applicability of traits for oneself and another).…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Perceptual Development, Class Activities, Interpersonal Competence