PSY-335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fundamental Attribution Error, Counterfactual Thinking, Representativeness Heuristic

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Fundamental attribution error : tendency to explain ours and others behavior in terms of personality traits. It oversimplifies, gives people false sense of security. Actor observer bias : people attribute their own actions to situational factors, but other"s actions to personality traits. Social psych : scientific study of the way which people"s thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by the real/ imagined presence of other people. Social influence : effect that words, actions and presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes and behaviors (advertising, peer pressure, parental. Goal of social psych : identify the properties of human nature make everyone susceptible to social influence regardless of social class/ culture. : oversimplify, decrease our understanding and blame the victim. Difference between social psych and behaviorism? behaviorism= all behavior is a consequence of the reinforcing or punishing properties of the situation. Two central motives : self esteem- need to feel good about ourselves social cognition- need to be accurate.

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