PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Slut, Implicit-Association Test, Culture Of Asia
29 Sep 2016
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*note: some of the topics in this chapter may be omitted. Definition: area of study that attempts to explain how the actual, imagined or implied presence of others influences the thoughts, feelings and behaviour of individuals. 2 types: situational (external) attributions, dispositional (internal) attributions. Attributional biases: actor-observer bias: you fell; i was pushed . To explain others" behaviour : fundamental attribution error: to explain others" behaviours, we overemphasize internal factors and underemphasize external ones, self-serving bias: i"m good, you"re lucky . We attribute: our successes to our failures to . Mere-exposure effect: tendency to feel more + toward stimuli w repeated exposure: reciprocal liking. Led participants to believe that another person either (a) liked or (b) disliked them after an initial encounter; when they met their partner again: attractiveness. Positive characteristics are attributed to physically attractive people. We respond more positively to attractive people.
