PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Patty Hearst, Fundamental Attribution Error
25 Sep 2013
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Chapter 4 (look at all attribution theories in text) The difficult case of tania patricia hearst. Her behaviour is primarily a function of situation. Her behaviour is primarily a function of personal disposition. No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is suppose that they are like himself . The attributional equation or the lewinian equation: To answer the question why did patricia hearst rob the bank? rearrange the equation: Discounting principle: the observer should not conclude that a person has a unique disposition to behave when the person does exactly what the situation pushes him or her to do. The observer should conclude that a person has a unique disposition to behave when: the person does the opposite of what the situation pushes them to do, when there is no situational push at all.
