PSY100H1 Lecture 18: Lecture 18
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Na ve realism: the extent to which we tend to see reality through our own lens. We tend to use ourselves as a standard for normal, good, correct. In a study, out of 800 000 people, not a single one rated themselves as below average in social skills, and 25% said they were in the top 1%!!!! Our self is whatever we conceptualize it to be! We tend to think that everything that has to do with us is more important than what has to do with other people. Fundamental attribution error: our self-protective biases play a role in how we explain our and others" behaviours. Describes common ways in which we tend to explain peoples" behaviours. We are good at blaming our own undesirable behaviours on other factors but take full responsibility for when things turn out well. We extend our self-serving biases to whatever we identify with, such as our in-groups.
