PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fundamental Attribution Error, Dispositional Attribution, Social Perception

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Fundamental attribution error (trying to gure out why someone acts a certain way) Stereotyping (dramatic demonstration of how the perceiver shapes the reality they perceive) Self-ful lling prophecies (demonstration of how the perceiver shapes and creates reality) Because you believe something is true (even if it isn"t initially true), it becomes true. Study of attribution came about by a group of psychologists, in particular frtiz heider: ed 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. Attribution became about what the reasoning was for a person"s behaviour. Had subjects read essays that were either pro-castro or anti-castro. Situation was either the individual chose to write the essay or they were given no choice but to write it.

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