POL 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Milgram Experiment, Ultimate Attribution Error, Unitrans
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Structured short essay question on designing a research study. Central organizing idea or storyline that provides meaning to an unfolding strip of events, weaving a connection among them. The frame suggests what the controversy is about, the essence of the issue. Explanations for the causes of outcomes or behaviors. Explanation processes that allow us to create stable and generally useful views of the world around us in the sense that they enhance our ability to predict and control events. Example: you drop something on your foot. You then start to think about why that happened: i knocked that book off the table, and it fell on my foot. Example: trump blaming mexicans/media/clinton for his failure. First and foremost: when we notice an event (getting scowled at) Much more likely to make attributions when things are negative. Common theme: when things stand out we make attributions. He had a white coat on, was authoritative.
