PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fundamental Attribution Error, High High, Indep
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Midterm next week, 6:10pm: ch 4, winkielman & schwarz (2001) Lecture topics: impression motivation, impression accuracy, influence on others, heuristics and biases. Sa is journal articles + textbook + lecture. Worksheet given back by end of next week. Samples questions will be posted later on blackboard. Whether or not to make an external or internal attribution. If distinctiveness is high, person always acts this way with others. Consistency can be attributed either to internal or external attributions. Attribution theories are concerned with how we explain people"s behaviours. Impression formation theories are concerned with making global impressions / evaluation. We want to be accurate in our impression for many reasons. When we have to work with the person. Outcome dependence: our own success is linked to success of the other person. Biases can be involved in this as well --> we are motivated to see them positively. Negative stereotypes etc can affect this motivation also.
