PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fundamental Attribution Error, Situation Two, Convenience Sampling
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How does changing social environment change how individuals act. Participants gave shocks to confederate with every question wrong. About 50% gave the deadly shock with experimenter wearing white lab coat on gale university campus. Most people did not enjoy experiment, but completed it due to social pressure. Judging people based on internal characteristics, rather than the situation. Tweaks in a situation to alter a persons decision (i. e 2 different people see different things and filter things differently; both may think they"re right. Includes expectations on how to act in a situation. Hard to override automatic processes, but still possible (i. e. disagreeing with a group of people) Rules for social situations based on our specific culture. A situation makes more sense once you hear the explanation. Checking records to answers questions (i. e. police, hospital, etc. ) Need higher number of people to be accurate. Needs to prevent bias surveys (i. e. surveys on specific websites, magazines, etc. )
