PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Classic Case, Stereotype, Attribution Bias
25 Apr 2021
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The scientific study of how people influence others" behaviour, beliefs, and attitudes. Predisposed to forming intimate interpersonal networks of a particular size. Need-to-belong theory; the biologically-based need for interpersonal connections. It literally hurts us to be isolated or rejected. Most social influence processes are adaptive under most circumstances. They can turn maladaptive when they are blind or unquestioning. We seek to evaluate our abilities and beliefs by comparing them with those of. Upward (superiors)(if someone got an a+ but you only got a b) and downward (inferiors) (or you got an a+ and they got a b)social comparison. Mass hysteria is a contagious outbreak of irrational behaviour that spreads. Urban legends are another example of social contagions. Attribution an explanation for the cause of behaviour or events. Internal attribution inferring that particular behaviour was due to dispositional causes. External attribution inferring that the individual"s behaviour was caused by some other factor (e. g. , situation)
