SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Psy, Erving Goffman
22 Oct 2016
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Motivational biases: motivational factors: person"s needs, interests and goals. These are another source of bias in attributions. Make biases due to our existing beliefs. Do not want to discard their beliefs: self serving bias: the tendency to take credit for acts that yield positive outcomes. You tend to de ect blame for bad outcomes and attribute to external problems/ causes. To improve self-value and forget about situations that make you feel bad about yourself. Although when experimented, those who took responsibility for good and bad actions, had better overall mental health. Tend to be more proactive and believe they can solve problems. Stereotypes and racism in google ads- sweeney discrimination in online. !1: the ad shows up more due to the amount of clicks for each google search, people more likely to click the ad when googling african american names (possible.
