Glossary C

Glossary C

Deutsch: Übereinstimmung / Español: Correspondencia / Português: Correspondência / Français: Correspondance / Italian: Corrispondenza

Correspondence in psychology refers to the degree to which different measurements or observations align with each other. It can pertain to the relationship between behaviors and attitudes, the consistency between different self-reports, or the agreement between a person's perceptions and objective reality. This concept is crucial for understanding how accurately individuals perceive themselves and the world around them, as well as for validating psychological assessments and research findings.

Correspondence bias refers to the the tendency to assume that people’s actions and words reflect their personality, their attitudes, or some other internal factor, rather than external or situational factors. It relies more on dispositional information in explaining behavior and ignoring compelling situational information such as circumstances.

Correspondence problem refers to the visual system ’s matching of points on one image with similar points on the other image in order to determine binocular disparity.

Correspondence theory of truth is the belief that scientific laws and theories are correct insofar as they accurately mirror events in the physical world.

Correspondent inference refers to the Attribution of an actor's Behavior to some disposition or Personality characteristic.

Correspondent inference theory refers to the theory that we make internal attributions about a person when there are (a) few noncommon effects of his or her behavior and (b) the behavior is unexpected

Corresponding effects refers to an event that affects one member of a group will affect the other group members.

Corresponding retinal points are the points on each retina that would overlap if one retina were slid on top of the other. Receptors at corresponding points send their signals to the same location in the brain.