PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dispositional Attribution, Trailer Park, Fritz Heider

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

The perceiver shapes reality: fundamental attribution error. Attribution figure out why someone did what they did: stereotyping, self-fulfilling prophecies something becomes true just because you believe it is true. The interaction of the person and the situation: the two factor theory of emotion, cognitive dissonance, stereotype threat. Study of attribution came about by a group of psychologists in particular fritz. Jews that flew germany brought with them a strong gestalt tradition. The whole is not equal to the sum of its part is most relevant when we come to understand what another person is like. Person perception was a natural extension from the perception of objects. What is the reason for the person"s behavior. Had subjects read essays that were either pro-castro or anti-castro. The situation was that either the individual chose to write the essay or they were given no choice but to write it.