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Consider Interest

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Consider interest. Explain what causes it; explain its purpose-why it is a beneficial emotion to have; and explain how a highly interested person is likely to behave.


Definitions:

Halo Effect

The tendency to assume that a person has generally positive or negative traits as a result of observing one major positive or negative trait.

Fundamental Attribution Errors

The tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underemphasizing the role of situational factors.

Situational Attribution

Attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor operating within the situation; an external attribution.

Social Psychology

The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts.

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