PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psych, Fidel Castro, Fundamental Attribution Error
22 Apr 2017
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Abduction of patricia hearst: daughter of rich american publisher, changed name to tanya, took the side of her abductors and joined them. The difficult case of tania patricia hearst. Two viable interpretations: her behaviour is primarily a function of situation, her behaviour is primarily a function of personal disposition. Inner and outer forces combine to produce human behaviour. The attribution equation or the lewinian equation: b = s + d. To answer the question did patty hearst have a disposition to rob the bank? rearrange the equation: d = b - s. Discounting principle: the observer should not conclude that a person has a unique disposition to behave when the person does exactly what the situation pushes him or her to do. The person does the opposite of what the situation pushes him or her to do. There is no situational push at all. Thursday, january 19, 2017: jones and harris (1967) experiment.
