PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Personality Psychology, Internal Validity, Informed Consent
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For those who cannot attend lectures every week or are registered in the online class, there is an alternative bonus mark opportunity, which is a peerscholar assignment (write a short essay, give feedback to peers, and receive feedback). If you would like this option, e-mail psyb10@utsc. utoronto. ca by september. Fundamental attribution error: tendency to overestimate the role of personality and to underestimate the role of situations when exploring the behaviour of others. Interpretation is an active process; interpretations are subjective, not objective. Schema: general knowledge about the physical and social world. Includes expectations about how to behave in different situations: schemas influence behaviour and judgement, prior expectations influence construals (e. g. , labels like "estate tax" versus "death tax" can influence opinions). "absence makes the heart grow fonder" versus "out of sight, out of mind"): though all these "sayings" seem like common sense notions, some are true in certain situations, while others are not.
