PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Fundamental Attribution Error, Ingroups And Outgroups, Authoritarianism
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Social psychology: study of human behaviour in groups. Based on own knowledge: contestant, audience. Person is pro-castro (dispositional inference) even though they were told to write the essay (situational explanation) The quiz master is smarter than the contestants (dispositional inference) even though they made up questions according to their specialized knowledge (situational explanation) Is this consistent across culture? in the united states. In one, a chinese graduate student at a midwestern university, angry at what he regarded as ill treatment at the hands of his advisor, shot and killed the advisor and several bystanders. At about the same time, a postal worker in detroit, angry at what he regarded as ill treatment by his supervisor, shot and killed the supervisor and several bystanders: us reporting of incident. Explanation: dispositional: chinese reporting of incident, did not get along with his advisor , tragedy reflects the lack of religion in chinese culture , explanation: situational.
