PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Psy, Psych, Fundamental Attribution Error
8 Sep 2020
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Social cognition: the study of how people understand and make sense of others and themselves, we filter perceptions through the lens of our preexisting beliefs and. Attribution theory experiences: an umbrella term used to describe the set of theoretical accounts of how people assign causes to the events around them and the effects that people"s casual assessments have. Casual attribution: linking and instance of behavior to a cause, whether the behavior is our own or someone else"s. Explanatory style: a person"s habitual way of explaining events, typically assessed along three dimensions: internal/external, stable/unstable, global/specific. Boys are more likely than girls to attribute their failure to lack of effort. Girls are more likely than boys to attribute their failure to lack of ability. Co-variation principle: the idea that we should attribute behavior to potential causes that co-occur with the behavior, consensus. Refers to what an individual does in different situations- is the. When consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency are all high.
