PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Symbionese Liberation Army, Fidel Castro, Fundamental Attribution Error
14 Mar 2018
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A case study: symbionese liberation army, abduction of patricia hearst, caught for bank robbery. Answering the why question: the difficult case of tania patricia heast, two visible interpretations, her behaviour is primarily a function of situation. If she wasn"t abducted she wouldn"t have been put in this situation: her behaviour is primarily a function of personal disposition. Other participants were told that the essayist was a member of debate team, and was given he topic (no choice). The correspondence bias: correspondence bias or fundamental attribution error, tendency to correspond a person"s behaviour to personal disposition when the behaviour can be attributed to the situation. Wanting dispositions: correspondence bias gives a sense of control through, dispositionist worldview, prediction of others" behaviour. Misunderstanding situations: correspondence bias creates a tendency to underestimate situational power because, situations are often invisible, we misjudge the capacity of situational forces on our behaviour.
