PS270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Big Bang, Ambivalence, Smoking Ban
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Attributions and social interactions: youtube video (big bang theory) How does making attributions about others when interacting through social media change the way we think we make attributions compared with face to face interactions: you have the power to post what you want people to see. I believe attributions made through social media are a lot less accurate because you can"t tell the way people actually feel and you can"t see emotions or tones of sarcasm through the internet. 20 marks short answer (none will be work more than 6 marks) 4 important classic studies *classic studies: know names and details (don"t need to know dates) Attitude: agree, agree, disagree, agree (or undecided) A persons evaluation, positive or negative, of a person, object, or idea. Attitudes include the following components: affective: Based on self-perceptions of one"s own behaviour. When no other plausible explanations for the behaviour: cognitive. Based primarily on a person"s beliefs about the properties of the attitude object.
