GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Leon Festinger, Authoritarianism, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Franklin Ramsoomair

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The process through which people receive, organize and interpret. People can perceive the same things or situations differently information from the environment. If someone cuts in line, internal attribution: person is selfish. If i cut in line, i would most likely believe that i was unaware. Blame other"s performance problems on internal rather than external. A man is walking down a crowded sidewalk, carrying loaded bags from factors shops. If someone bumps into him, he is probably inclined to think. Blame personal performance problems on external factors and attribute successes to internal factors. I earned an a on my pom exam because i studied hard. I received a c on my accounting exam because the prof deliberately set a difficult exam. Occur when someone is identified with a group or category, and then oversimplified attributes associated with the group or category are used to describe the individual.