Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Social Facilitation, Intentionality, Out-Group Homogeneity
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Chapter 16: behaviour in a social context (p. 663) Zimbardo: stanford prison study behaviour not only determined by biological endowment and past learning experiences, but also by power of immediate social situation. Attributions: judgements about the causes of our own and other people"s behaviour and outcomes. Influence subsequent behaviour / emotions (if because of a then c, vs if it was because of b) Fritz heider (1958): attempts to understand why people behave typically involve Personal (internal) attributions: infer people"s behaviour caused by characteristics (bob insulted carl because he"s rude) Situational (external) attributions: infer aspects of situation cause behaviour (bob provoked) Harold kelly (1973): 3 types info determine attribution. Consistency: consistent response over time? (always hates art: distinctiveness: distinctive, only this or for all things? (hates art vs all courses) Consensus: how do others respond? (all students hate art vs just kim) Sometimes take all this to consideration when making attributions, other times mental shortcuts making snap judgements that bias.