PSYB10H3 Lecture 5: lecture 5 and 6
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Distinctiveness is talking about similar types of situations but slightly diff stimuli. Your suppose to come into the lab, and give a speech and verbal math test. Just world hypothesis- each ind believes more or less in this. It quells anxiety, makes you feel like you have control over the world but unfortunately, research shows that is predicts rejection in victims. Sometimes used as a measure of the prejudice of ppl of low ses. Can lead us to blame ppl for the bad things that happen to them. Falso consensus study on cheating/ stealing showed that ppl who stole or cheated believed many others would also cheat just like they did. Those who did not cheat or steal assumed others didn"t either, just like they didn"t. So shows that ppl assume ppls attitudes/beliefs are same as their own, when in reality they may not. Ultimate attribution error; in group- any group, identity, or ethnicity that you belong to.
