AHSS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fundamental Attribution Error, Role Conflict
31 Jul 2018
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Judgments about causes of our own and other people"s behaviour and outcomes. People"s behaviour is caused by their characteristics: situational (external) attributions. Kelly"s theory: choosing between a personal vs. situational attribution (cont. : situational attribution = high on all 3 (consistency, distinctiveness, consensus, personal attribution = consistency high, consensus & distinctiveness low. Fundamental attribution error: applies to others not ourselves. We are background" - situation stands out. Have time to reflect on their judgements. Attributional biases: explaining own behaviour, self-serving bias. Strength of this bias depends on psychological state & culture: depressed people. Attribution: perceiving the causes of behaviour: social influence. Social norms: the rules of the game. The mere presence of others: presence of others. Increased tendency to perform one"s dominant response in presence of others: social facilitation. Shared expectations about how people should think, feel, and behave. Consists of a set of norms that characterize how people in a social position ought to behave.
