PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fundamental Attribution Error, Microsoft Onenote, Random Assignment
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Actively analyze a person"s behaviour to make inferences based on: If he chose to act in the observed manner: ( arguing for a team based on free will or random assignment of group members ) Despite this logic, there is dif culty appreciating the role of degree of choice in a chosen behaviour: you may develop strong emotional feelings for this. Uncommon behaviour gives us a lot more information than common behaviour. Make us easier to make inferences rather than everyday behaviour. Predicts how you determine if a given behaviour is due to an individual"s personal disposition or the situation and circumstances is dispositional/situational. If the answer is yes, then the behaviour is driven by the situation, if no, diriven by disposition ( does chris have trouble xing other computers? ) Yes: behaviour is situational, no, individual disposition ( do other have trouble doing the math exam or is it just me?)
