PSYC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shooting Of Amadou Diallo, Fundamental Attribution Error
Chapte
“oial Beliefs & Judgeet
Peeiig ad Poessig “oial Ifoatio
▪ Pejudgets a ias ou peeptios, itepetatios, ad late eall
o Ca deteie ho e iteat ith othes, ouseles, o itepet othes
o We ofte ake auate etal shotuts aout ou soial old
o Pejudgets a e osious as e hoose to ostue ou old the a e
at
o Pejudgets a e uosious, ad e do ot ealize hat is iflueig us
Itepetig Eets
▪ Asked etet oeage as iased, if at all?
o Most patiipats felt the edia as fai
o Of those that did ot thik the edia as fai:
o Most thought it as agaist thei pefeed adidate
− What fuels ou iases ad ideas?
▪ “teeotpes: sheas applied to soial goups, suh as a fateit, gede, o ae
o Aadou Diallo
▪ Aadou Diallo as a uaed Afia Aeia
▪ “hot 9 ties fou polie offies ho fied a total of shots
▪ Diallo as eahig ito his ak poket he polie opeed fie.
▪ Would the offies hae gie Diallo oe tie to sho hethe he as
dageous if he as hite? Poal ot
o Eos ade i shootig gae
▪ Video gae: task is to shoot taget if holdig a eapo. Do’t shoot if
holdig soethig else.
▪ gie . seod to hoose
▪ ½ tagets hite, ½ lak; ½ holdig eapos, ½ ot
Whih sheas ae applied?
▪ Aessiilit: Etet to hih sheas ad oepts ae at the foefot of the id ad
thus likel to e used i akig judgets
▪ Releat, at o appopiate iustae
o Choi aessiilit
o Tepoa aessiilit: Piig
• The Doald “tudies: depedig o the list of ods ou ee fist asked to stud,
ould deteie ho ou peeied Doald hethe positie o egatie
• Patiipats ee told that the ee doig to uelated epeiets
• Fist: idetif olos hile eoizig a list of ods*
• “eod: ead a paagaph ad gie ipessios of a peso Doald
▪ Is he soeoe that is:
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− stuk-up ad ekless
− likeale ad ejos e halleges
• ½ patiipats had positie ods i fist stud adetuous, self-ofidet,
idepedet, pesistet
• ½ had egatie ods i fist stud ekless, oeited, aloof, stuo
• Aessile ad appliale
• Euse e, ut hat aout atual ehaio?
• “ujets usaled eutal, polite, o ude ods
• Told to fid the epeiete he fiished
• Epeiete i hall, iesed i oesatio fo iutes
o Would the iteupt?
o Those ith the ude ods ould iteupt the oesatio
Cofiato Hpothesis Testig
• Do e seek ifoatio ojetiel, o ae e ilied to ofi the suspiios e
alead hae? We ted to go alog ith the eliefs e alead hold
• Hold o to past eliefs he fist eetig soeoe
Iteie “tud
• Iteie this peso
o he is soehat of a etoet/itoet
o Patiipats ade up diffeet uestios that lead to ofiatio of oigial
ideas
• Most poeful: oth the patiipats ad those lid to the stud oseed the
pied oditio
o Eas to ofi that the peso is itoeted o etoeted et.
• Do e alas do this?
o Less likel if:
▪ We ae uetai of ou ipessio
▪ Coeed ith the aua of thei ipessios
• It is eas to fo eliefs ad had to eak the
o E.g.: politial otig ehaio
Belief Peseeae
• The tede to aitai a elief ee afte it has ee disedited
• Autoatiall de ad ejet a eidee that goes agaist hat e eliee i
o The oigial eplaatio aout the elief ofte suies
o Oe a to eese: Thik aout ho the opposite elief ight e tue
Fake Feedak “tud
• Gae people fake feedak that the eithe sueeded o failed i a task
• The told the that the feedak as fake
• Had the estiate the ue of ites the did get ight
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Document Summary
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