PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fundamental Attribution Error, Dispositional Attribution, Physical Attractiveness
5 Jun 2016
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You can gain a lot of information by observing behavior. How you interpret the behavior may lead you to form an impression that may or may not accurately reflect the circumstances. A present situation the person is faced with. You actively analyze a person"s behavior to make inferences based on three variables: degree of choice, expectation, intended consequences of behavior. Can sometimes be difficult appreciating the role of degree of choice in a chosen behavior. Uncommon behavior gives us a lot more information then common behavior. If people act as you"d expect you don"t have to infer an underlying cause to their behavior. I. e. a tabaco company airs a commercial saying how bad smoking is, you might suspect that the motivation behind their message was driven by a hidden goal. But if your family said the same thing the commercial did you wouldn"t suspect a hidden goal.
