PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Fundamental Attribution Error, Video Lesson, Rush Hour
17 Sep 2013
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Your vast experience in social interactions allows you to make automatic judgments to categorize the personality and behaviour of others, which in turn can influence how you judge your own actions and beliefs. The conscious and unconscious judgment you make lead to social perceptions which influence how you interpret your behaviour and the behaviours of individuals and groups. Its difficult to accurately attribute intentions to observed actions because for every observed behaviour, there are many possible motivating factors. You can gain a lot of information about a person by simply observing their behaviour. How you ultimately interpret the behaviour may lead you to form an impression that may or may not accurately reflect the circumstances. Observed behaviour can be due to a personality trait that is fixed or the present situation the person is currently facing: eg/ supermarket and observe a mother and child engaging in a loud shouting match.
