ADM 2336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2336
• Professor: Ajax Persaud

Document Summary

Faulty attributions: how motives are assigned to explain people"s behaviour, 2 classes of attributions, dispositional, situational, fundamental attribution error, self-serving bias - generous with ourselves. Cues used to make attributions *** exam: consistency cue. > does the person engage in the behaviour consistently in this situation: consensus. >do most people engage in the behaviour, or is it unique to this person: distinctiveness. > does the person engage in the behaviour in many situations, or is it distinct to one situation. What is personality: relatively table psychological characteristics, that in uence how individuals interact with their environment. They are often referred to as the ocean model of personality. High scorers tend to be original, creative, curious, complex; low scorers tend to be conventional, down to earth, narrow interests, uncreative. High scorers tend to be reliable, well-organized, self-disciplined, careful; low scorers tend to be disorganized, undependable, negligent.