Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Fundamental Attribution Error, Facial Symmetry, Social Learning Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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A description of how we go about explaining the causes of people"s behaviours (including our own: note: focus is not on the actual cause, but rather how we decide what we think is the cause. The assumption is that anyone would respond the. Note: whether we choose internal or external will influence our same way in that situation own behaviours/actions. According to kelley"s covariation model, we make attributions after examining 3 variables: consensus, consistency, and. Consistency: the degree to which the person behaves similarly in similar circumstances. What is the difference between the fundamental attribution. Fundamental attribution error: the tendency to over-attribute the behaviour of others to internal causes. Actor-observer bias: the tendency to over-attribute other people"s behaviour to internal causes, while attributing our own behaviour to external causes. What is the diff. between the self-serving bias and the. Tendency to attach more importance to the initial information we learn about a person.