PSYC 2600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fundamental Attribution Error, Sigmund Freud, Construals
17 Aug 2018
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Social psychology: to study the effects of how thoughts, behaviors, and emotions are affected my the presence or imagined presence of other people. Half of the students were told the game was called the. Wall street game while the other half were told the game was called the. Community game. when it was called the wall street game, (cid:1152) of the participants decided to compete. When it was called the community game, only (cid:1151) of the participants decided to compete: this is an example of the fundamental attribution error. The decision to compete or cooperate is not necessarily because of one"s personality. Outside influences such as the title of a game can change the way people behave: lee ross: took peace proposals written by israeli negotiators and labeled them as. Palestinian, then labeled palestinian proposals and labeled them as israeli.
