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At the end of this section you will be able to . . .

  • Define several social beliefs and judgments, including fundamental attribution error, availability heuristic, affect heuristic, representativeness heuristic and just-world phenomenon
  • Understand why people use social beliefs and judgments
  • Describe why an understanding of social beliefs and judgments is important in the career advising context
  • Identify specific types of social beliefs and judgements from within examples
  • Provide additional examples for each social belief and judgement that might have negative consequences in  a career advising session
  • Analyze how social beliefs influence your own perceptions and behaviours
  • Develop general strategies to minimize errors in social beliefs and judgments

Learning Objectives

​​​Social Beliefs and Judgments

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