PSYCH 1X03 Chapter : Forming Impressions (Nov 17).docx
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Degree of choice: understand why a person is behaving in a particular way, it helps to know if they chose to act in the observed behaviour, eg. arguing death penalty in class. The fundamental attribution error: often overestimate the role of dispositional factors and underestimate situational factors, eg. getting cut off, is he an aggressive driver or maybe because he is late for an appointment, this known as the fundamental attribution error. More likely in western culture (whereas indian children usually attributed actions due to situation) culture differences in the degree of fundamental attribution errors: morris and peng, compared to the chinese, american students and newspapers were more likely to make the attribution error, generally, this error is diminished in a collective society where there is less focus on individual behaviour and more focus on relationships and roles within society.
