PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Normative Social Influence, Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error
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Social psychology: scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. Use scientific methods to study how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. Study the social influences that explain why the same person will act differently in different situations. When explaining others" behavior, especially from an individualist western cultural perspective. Fundamental attribution error committed by underestimating the influence of the situation and overestimating the effects of stable, enduring traits. Behavior more readily attributed to the influence of the situation. Explaining and attributing actions can have important real-life social and economic effects. Is tendency, when analyzing others" behavior, to overestimate the influence of personal traits and underestimate the effects of the situation. Is most likely to occur when stranger acts badly. Students attributed behavior of others to personal traits, even when they were told that behavior was part of an experimental situation.
