In 1959, psychologists Miller and Campbell uncovered something subtle but powerful about human judgment. Their research revealed that our perception is heavily influenced by what we have just seen or experienced - a bias now known as the Contrast Effect.
We have all walked out of interviews thinking this. The conversation felt easy, he had the right energy, and we connected on something - a shared interest, a confident smile, maybe even a joke about the weather.
Attribution Theory, introduced by Fritz Heider in 1958 and later expanded by Bernard Weiner, explains how people try to determine the reasons behind actions or events.