Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sad Movie, Random Assignment, Collectivism
17 Dec 2015
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Definition of attribution: causal judgement about why an event or behaviour occurred. Attribute (verb) = make a causal judgement. Attribution (noun) = causal judgement: julianne asked her mother for a soft drink because she was, william gave flowers to his wife because it was her birthday thirsty. Important distinction between internal and external attributions (attributions to internal or external causes of behaviour) Internal causes: the behaviour tells you something about the actor: she got 86% on the exam because she is intelligent. External causes: the behaviour tells you something about the situation, because most people would have done the same thing in that circumstance: she got 86% on the exam because the exam was easy. The tendency to overestimate the extent to which others agree with us: we overestimate how many people share our preferences for soft, we overestimate how many people share our attitudes toward drinks.
