PSYCO105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Attribution Bias, Folk Psychology, Fundamental Attribution Error
3 Apr 2019
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Psych 105: individual and social behaviour (3rd april 2019)- lecture 33. Video continuation: children get a trophy in sports either they win or not. But there is clearly a winner for the parents and the coach. Minimizing competition doesn"t held children but it might hurt them. In an experiment one group is told that they are smart when they solve an easy problem. One group was praised for their hard work. Children who were told were smart couldn"t solve as many problems as the children who were praised for their hard work. Children need to learn that excellence comes from effort. A parent tells his child who is a non- reader that she is a good reader thinking that it will make her a good reader. But it can be bad for the child. Artificially high self- esteem can lead to violence when other people given them criticism. In an experiment, people who thought they were superior were more aggressive.
