Psychology 1000 Chapter 13: Chapter 13.docx

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

Document Summary

How we think about and perceive our social world = social thinking and social perception. How other people influence our behaviour = social influence. How we behave toward other people = social relations. Attributions: judges about the causes of our own and other people"s behaviour and outcomes. Attributions influence our subsequent behaviour and emotions. If i attribute my a to hard work and ability, i will feel greater pride and continue to exert more effort than if i attribute it to an easy test. Fritz heider, a pioneer of attribution theory, maintained that our attempts to understand why people behave as they do typically involve either personal attributions or situational attributions. Personal (internal) attributions: infer that people"s behaviour is caused by their characteristics. Bill insulted carl because bill is a rude person. Situational (external) attributions: infer that the aspects of a situation cause a behaviour. 3 types of information determine the attribution we make: consistency, distinctiveness, consensus.