PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Fundamental Attribution Error, Dispositional Attribution, Cognitive Dissonance

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Rebecca Kirchner

Document Summary

Is a study why people interact in the society, how one"s emotions and behaviors affect others". Social isolation leads to poor sleep, negative emotions and even early death. Generated on the basis of little information just one look on others. Halo effect: when a little characteristics generate a large effect on the overall impression on someone. Attribution: the reason that one thinks causes other"s behaviors. Situational: behavior was an outcome of some temporary situations (short-term) Dispositional: attribute someone"s behavior to his/her enduring behaviors (long-term) Correspondence bias: thinking about other people"s behavior, we tend to say it"s because who they are as a person. Example: aunt suing her nephew and being called the worst aunt ever , while she was actually not the cause of this suing situation. Fundamental attribution error: not considering situational attribution (leads to over estimate of the dispositional attribution. Actor observe bias: using dispositional attribution on others" behaviors and using situational attribution on our own behaviors.