Psychology 2035A/B Lecture : Person Perception – Attributions and Errors
9 Feb 2012
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Pers on percepti on attributi ons and err ors. To know one s self is wisdom; but to know one s neighbor is genius m. antrim. Knowing the cause of an action leads to a different interpretation of the action. Part 1: attribution theory: perceiving the causes of behaviour: fritz heider (1944): How do we make dispositional attributions (correspondence inference) from behaviour observation: two-step process (not same as p. 216) If no, behaviour is perceived as unintended (can t infer anything about person s dispositions) If yes, behaviour is perceived as intended; proceed to step 2. Two approaches: analysis of non-common effects associated with chosen action. As more non-common effects are added, it is harder to pinpoint correspondence inference: correspondence inference likely when behaviour disconfirms expectancies: Person accidentally spills coffee on you: personalism: correspondence inferences likely when person intentionally pleases/displeases us (vs. someone else) Two reasons: heider: the role of salience and grouping, gestalt psychology: object perception.
