PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Patty Hearst, Fundamental Attribution Error, Fidel Castro
27 Nov 2017
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How we explain the behaviours of others as well as others. 1974 a young woman 19, u of birkley sits at apartment to have dinner- listen to audio symbioses liberation army terrorism/ freedom fighters. Two viable interpretations of her case: o o her behaviour is primarily a function of situation- did everything because she was abducted. Her behaviour is primarily a function of personal disposition b/c of her nature. The logic of attribution o the attribution equation (lewinian eq. ) No beh. is shaped by one thing it is shaped by both internal/external forces o. Did patty hearst have a disposition to rob the bank? . Discounting principle: what we should ignore and take into consideration their beh. observer should not conclude that a person has a unique disposition to behave when the person does exactly what the situation pushes them to do do.
