PSY 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Deindividuation, Group Polarization, Group Decision-Making
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Research show that people make accurate judgements based on a few seconds of observation. One of the first things we notice. Our explanations for events or actions, including other people"s behavior. Personal attribution: an explanation that refers to internal characteristics. Situational attribution: an explanation that refers to external characteristics. Weather, luck, accidents, or other people"s actions. When explaining behaviors of others, we overemphasize personality traits, while underestimating situational factors. When interpreting our own behavior, we focus on situations, rather than personality traits. When interpreting the behaviors of others, we focus on personality traits, rather than situations. Mental shortcuts that allow for fast processing of social information. Oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person. Behaving in a way that confirms our own or others" expectation. Negative treatment of people based on a group they belong to. The groups that we belong to are ingroups, and those that we do not belong to are outgroups.
