PSYCH 135 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fundamental Attribution Error, Covariance, Explanatory Style
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Is a particular behavior unique to a specific situation, or does it occur in many situations: consistency refers to what an individual does in a given situation on different occasions. Motivation and ability for long-lasting change: peripheral: take when person is tired and lacks the effort in thinking, not relevant to person at that moment. Social power of the experimenter decreased, and as the strength of the signal from the experimenter decreased, rates of obedience decreased. I do(cid:374)"t reall(cid:455) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e it"s that u(cid:374)health(cid:455). (cid:863: add consonant cognitions- , (cid:862)yes, i k(cid:374)o(cid:449) s(cid:373)oki(cid:374)g is (cid:271)ad for (cid:373)e, (cid:271)ut it helps (cid:373)e rela(cid:454). (cid:863) We infer our attitudes from our behavior: an unpleasant mental state is not needed as explanation for the results of the cognitive dissonance studies, correct when attitudes are weak or ambiguous. Just like any other schema, they allow info to be processed more quickly/efficiently, but they also biased attention, perceptions and memory.
