Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Practical Reason, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Physical Attractiveness

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

Document Summary

Scientific study of how individuals feel, think and behave in the presence of others (actual or implied) Attribution: perceiving the causes of behavior judgments about the causes of our own and other people"s behavior and outcomes: easy test vs hard work, we are sometimes biased and make errors. Personal (internal) attributions caused by their traits and personality: i got an a on the test because of my hard work. Situational (external) attributions caused by other factors (eg. situation: i got an a on the test because it was an easy test. 3 types of information determine the attribution we make: consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus is the information consistent over time? (yes high consistency) Or does she hate all courses (yes high distinctiveness) Do other students agree with the information? (yes consensus is high: when all are high, we are likely to make a situational attribution.