PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Stanford Prison Experiment, Solomon Asch, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Social psychology is the study of how the presence of others (real or imagined) is going to in uence and affect us: attributions: the explanation we offer as to why a behaviour took place (ie. late > explanation) When trying to explain the behaviour of others, we tend to focus on dispositional/internal factors, while disregarding situational factors. Exceptions to this rule, less likely to make this error when: Explaining our own behaviours, as we take situational factors into consideration, assign blame. We allow ourselves to walk in the shoes of the other person (demonstrate empathy and compassion) Effects of attribution: attribution is super important because it in uences and effects behaviours, actions, and thoughts: attitudes and actions. Predisposition to assess/evaluate something or someone in a speci c way. There are three components of attitude: cognitive (thoughts, beliefs) i: emotional, behavioural. Attitudes are more likely to affect actions when. When we are made aware and reminded of our attitudes.