PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fundamental Attribution Error, Fidel Castro, Patty Hearst

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

Document Summary

A case study: symbionese liberation army, abduction of patricia hearst- daughter of hearst publishing company. They requested for him to release millions of dollars to the poor areas that needed money: patricia became a willing member of this group. Answering the why question: the difficult case of tania patricia hearst, two viable interpretations, her behaviour is primarily a function of situation. Jury needs to take this into consideration when making a sentence. *attribution answers the why question- how to explain why people act in a certain way. *it is (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) diffi(cid:272)ult to u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d othe(cid:396)s" li(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d thei(cid:396) (cid:373)oti(cid:448)es fo(cid:396) doi(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs. We (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot know what other people have gone through unless we have gone through similar experiences. The logic of attribution: the attribution equation or the lewinian equation: Do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396) the positi(cid:448)e a(cid:374)d (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e. it"s a(cid:374) a(cid:271)solute (cid:448)alue: this equation suggests that both inner and outer forces work together to influence a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)s.