PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fundamental Attribution Error, Dispositional Attribution, Stanley Milgram
13 Mar 2017
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Chapter 13: social psychology: social psychology the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another, explains why the same person will act differently in different situations. Chapter 13 textbook notes: act as though you like someone, and you soon may, changing our behavior can change how we think about others and how we feel about ourselves. Driving to school one snowy day, marco narrowly misses a car that slides through a red light. What a terrible driver, he thinks to himself. Moments later, marco himself slips through an intersection and yelps, wow! By attributing the other person"s behavior to the person ( what a terrible driver ) and his own to the situation ( these roads are awful ), marco has exhibited fundamental attribution error. Our attitudes often influence our actions as we behave in ways consistent with our beliefs.
