PSY-P 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fundamental Attribution Error, Sildenafil
9 Aug 2016
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5/16 how we perceive others behaviors: correspondent inference theory (jones & davis, 1965, single observation of behavior, process by which we make dispositional attributions b. i. Dispositional meaning that it tells us something about the person: correspondent inference belief that one"s behavior reveals ones disposition c. i. Waiter spills hot water waiter is a clumsy person. Dick acts passionately dick is a passionate person: preference for personal attributions d. i. Dick acts passionately dick just took a viagra. Waiter spills coffee coffee was too hot to handle f. ii. Any obvious situational factor that would make most people act the same way f. iii. Somebody in class acting possessed to be funny would be considered crazy: confidence in accuracy of our attribution, factors a. i. Were they forced or was it free will a. ii. Undesirable behaviors are more likely to draw correspondent inferences a. ii. 1. a. Makes people more likely to be like why did he just do that a. iii.
