PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Patty Hearst, Fidel Castro, Dispositional Attribution

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Received 3 years in prison served 47 months. The dif cult case of tania patricia hearst. Two viable interpretations: her behaviour is primarily a function of the situation. The attribution equation or the lewinian equation: Have to know something about the situation and the disposition to understand behaviour. Combination of the two factors that lead to a particular behaviour. To answer the question did patty hearst have a disposition to rob the bank? rearrange the equation. D = b s behaviour and the situation of being kidnapped (the situation) contributes to this. What extent does the situation contribute to that behaviour. B) there is no situational push at all: you can say its someone"s personality or disposition, jones and harris (1967) experiment. A classical studies on discounting principle was conducted by jones and harris. Procedure: participants were shown essays that either supported fidel castro or apposed him.