Social Psychology - Lecture 4 - Part 6 - Confirmation Biases

In this video, we examine confirmation biases and their impact on our perceptions of others. You’ll learn about confirmation bias, where we seek information that supports our beliefs, and belief perseverance, the tendency to hold onto initial impressions despite contradictory evidence. This video also discusses biased experience sampling, expectation effects, and the self-fulfilling prophecy, or Pygmalion effect, which highlights how our expectations can lead others to confirm our beliefs.

Table of Contents:
- Confirmation Bias: Introduction to the tendency to focus on information that aligns with our beliefs.
- Belief Perseverance: Learn about the persistence of first impressions even in the face of contradictory evidence.
- Biased Experience Sampling: Discover why we might avoid people who initially left a negative impression.
- Expectation Effects: Understand how we often perceive what we expect to see and hear.
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Explore how our expectations can shape others' behaviors, fulfilling our beliefs about them.

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Produced by Amy Quarton

References:
Kassin, S., Fein, S., & Markus, H. (2015). Social psychology (10th ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning.

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