PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fundamental Attribution Error, Representativeness Heuristic, Ob River

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1X03
• Professor: Joe Kim

Document Summary

People actively analyze a person"s behaviour to make inferences based on three variables: degree of choice, expectation, uncommon behaviour gives us more information than common behaviour o. Fundamental attribution error: a tendency to over-value dispositional factors for the ob- served behaviours of others while under-valuing situational factors. As adults, they tended to attribute behaviours to personal factors more often than situational factors. Psych 1x03 medal winners are more likely to attribute it to the success of the coaching team and organization. They were more likely to attribute their friends" risky driving behaviours to personal factors, such as having fun or showing off. Self-serving bias: tendency to perceive yourself favourably. It is easier to recall 2 problems, making it seem relatively available to your memory therefore leaving the impression that there were many problems with the course that you could have listed.