PSYS 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Base Rate Fallacy, Negativity Bias, Fundamental Attribution Error
28 Sep 2016
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Social perception: the process by which we come to understand other people. 3 theories about how we gather that information: Jones" correspondent inference: we infer from a behavior whether or not it corresponds to the individuals dispositions (tends to focus on personal variables: 3 components: a. i. Choice: did they have a choice or was it their behavior? a. ii. Expectation of the script: did they follow the script for the occasion? a. iii. Consistency: do they behave the same way in similar situations? a. iv. High consensus + high distinction + low consistency = situation a. v. Low consensus + low distinction + high consistency = personal: two-step model. Identify the behavior and make a personal attribution a: account for the situation and adjust/correct your first attribution, go personal and then take in the situation. Cognitive heuristics (shortcuts)/attribution bias: shortcuts that can make our attributions incorrect. Availability heuristic: overestimate the probability that an event will happen by how quickly it comes to our mind.
