PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fundamental Attribution Error, Physical Attractiveness
4 Jun 2017
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The conscious and unconscious judgments made lead to social perceptions- which influence how you interpret you behaviour of individuals or groups. Difficult to accurately attribute intentions to observed actions- many possible motivating factors. Interpreting a behaviour may lead to form impressions that may not accurately reflect the circumstance. Actively analyze a person"s behaviour to make inferences based on three variables: degree of choice. Can lead to strong emotional feelings: expectation. Person behaves in a way typical to what you would expect- less info is available to infer an underlying cause to the behaviour. Is it common: intended consequences of the behaviour. How you determine if a given behaviour is due to an individual"s personal disposition or the situation and circumstances: variables are considered to determine if a behaviour is dispositional or situational, consistency. Does the individual usually behave this way in this situation. Yes- given behaviour is probably driven by the situational. No- behaviour is probably driven by dispositional: consensus.
