PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Temporoparietal Junction, Fundamental Attribution Error
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Social groups: the engines of good and evil. Bystander effect a phenomenon where individuals fail to help a victim when others are around; the more people are around, the less likely people are to themselves help. Social psychology the science of the causes and consequences of social behaviour. Survival of the fittest, not survival of the nicest. Theory of mind the ability to represent the beliefs and desires of people who are not you. Right temporal parietal junction (rtpj) a brain region that is selectively active when we think about the thoughts of others. Attribution an inference about the cause of a person"s behaviour typically is it their disposition/personality or the situation. Actor-observer effect the fact that we commit the fundamental attribution error when we are judging others, but we rarely decide that our bad behaviour is because of our own disposition. Social norms perceived rules of behaviour that are considered acceptable in a group of people.
