PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dispositional Attribution, Ingroups And Outgroups, Collectivism
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Answering the why question: the di cult case of tania patricia hearst, two viable interpretations: Her behaviour is a primarily a function of situation. Her behaviour is primarily a function of personal disposition. The logic of attribution: the attributional equation/lewinian equation: B = s + d (behaviour = situation + disposition: to answers the question did patty hearst gave a disposition to rob the bank?" you must rearrange the equation. D = b - s (disposition = behaviour - situation) 2. the person does raw opposite of what the situation pushes them to do there is no situational push at all. Ex: the jones & harris (1967) experiment. The correspondence bias: correspondence bias: tendency to correspond a person"s behaviour and disposition when the behaviour can be attributed to the situation. Monday, september 18, 2017: also called fundamental attribution error, people in collectivistic societies are less likely to make the fundamental attribution error, correspondence bias gives a sense of control through: