PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error, Stereotype Threat
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Why do people beat, rape, torture, and murder others? (eg. canadian soldier holding prisoners of war) They are normal people caught up in overwhelming situations that shape their actions. Absence of any real authority in the prison and therefore a weakening of responsibility. A mock prisoner of war research was done; but what happened was the guards became brutal and sadistic. Many behaviours become more understandable within particular contexts. Our regular interactions with others shape who we are and how we understand the world. Attitudes: the evaluation of objects, events, or ideas. Shaped by social context an play an important role in how we evaluate and interact with people. Direct experience of or exposure o things provides info that shapes attitudes. People develop negative attitudes about new objects more quickly than they develop positive attitudes. The more a person is exposed to something, the more he or she tends to like it.
