Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Fundamental Attribution Error, Role Conflict, Groupthink

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Chapter 13 behaviour in a social context. Attribution: perceiving the causes of behaviour: attributions judgments about the causes of behaviour and outcomes, fritz heider maintained that attempts to understand behaviour involve different types of attribution. Personal attribution people"s behaviour is caused by their characteristics. Situational attribution aspects of the situation cause behaviour: three types of information determine attribution we make. Consistency (is the decision made always consistent) Distinctiveness (is the decision distinct to a situation, or often made) Participants from india make more situational attributions, and americans make more personal attributions. Attitudes and attitude change: attitude a positive or negative evaluative reaction toward a stimulus. Come from conditioning, social learning, and direct experience: three factors explain why attitude-behaviour relationship is sometimes strong and sometimes weak: Attitudes influence behaviour more strongly when counteracting situational factors are weak. Attitudes have a greater influence on behaviour when we are aware of them and when they are strongly held.