Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Normative Social Influence, Psychodynamics, Implicit-Association Test

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Vicki Olds

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Chapter 13 behaviour in a social context. Imagine you"ve been set up on a blind date. You know you look good, you"ve gotten dressed up, and you"ve chosen a very nice restaurant. But, when your date arrives, you can"t help but notice that they keep checking their cell phone, looking around at other people, and that they seem to only be half-listening to your stories. Attribution theory: a(cid:374) e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of the (cid:272)ause of a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396) (cid:894)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g ou(cid:396) o(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:895) a description of how we go a(cid:271)out e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the (cid:272)auses of people(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) (cid:894)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g ou(cid:396) own) Basi(cid:272)all(cid:455), (cid:862)ho(cid:449) did (cid:449)e de(cid:272)ide (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) optio(cid:374)s a(cid:895) th(cid:396)ough d(cid:895) to e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) ou(cid:396) date(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)? (cid:863) Note: focus is not on the actual cause, but rather how we decide what we think is the cause. Internal attribution: the inference that a person is behaving a certain way because of something about that person (e. g. personality, intelligence, ability, effort etc. )