PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fundamental Attribution Error, Attribution Bias, Victim Blaming
9 Jan 2018
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Tendency to attribute behaviour to internal factors & failure to recognize the strong environmental factors (both to self and others) e. g. conclude the political stand of the write by reading his essay. Distancing cues: hints in language/writing when we don"t agree with our statement. Motivational-make use feel better about the state of the world (about the great discrepancy between how people behave)-the "just world" hypothesis--belief that people deserve their life (e. g. victim blaming) Perceptual salience: people that caught our attention tend to have more internal attribution (e. g. viewing the person in conversation, let us tend to rate him more active in the conversation) Situation is usually less visible: intelligence we only judge what we see. Cognition: internal attribution is more automatic, whereas assessing situational factors requires more active thinking. External attribution for the self (actor) and internal attribution for others (observers) The actor has more information to it"s own consistency and distinctiveness, perspective orientated outward to situations.
