PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Availability Heuristic, Amygdala, Social Inequality

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Attributions: judgements about causes of our own and other people"s behaviour and outcomes, there are two types of attributions. Dispositional (internal) attributions: people"s behaviour is caused by their inner traits. Situational (external) attributions: aspects of a situation causes behaviour, fundamental attribution error. When explaining other people"s behaviour, we tend to: underestimate the impact of situational factors, overestimate the role of dispositional factors, when explaining own behaviour. Self-serving bias: more dispositional attributions fo successes, more situational attributions for failures, strengths depend on psychological state and culture. Attitudes: positive of negative evaluative reactions toward a stimulus, supported by personal beliefs and values, attitudes have the strongest influence on behaviour when, situational factors are weak. The attitude is specific to the behaviour. The attitude is easily recalled: behaviour influences attitudes in three ways. The effects of role playing: when we play a role, even if we know is it just pretending.