PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fundamental Attribution Error, Social Influence, Availability Heuristic
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If it was a success or failure: attributions influence our beliefs about, responsibility, out own reactions to the behavior. If the attitude/behavior is important to us: then we are motivated to reduce the tension. Stop smoking: how do we reduce this tension, answer, engage in cognitive processes, change our memories, rationalize behavior, reduce the importance of the attitude, etc. 3: if your initial state your stance, you"re less likely to conform than if you don"t say your opinion first, culture encourages respect for social standards. 4: group think greater focus on agreement than critical thinking, under what conditions does it occur, highly cohesive, _______, directive leaders, stressful, lack standard decision-making procedures. Ignore diversity within outgroups (outgroup homogeneity: outgroup homogeneity believing that everyone in that group is the same or act similar, explicit prejudice aware of prejudice. Implicit prejudice unaware of prejudice: unconscious, reflexive, monitoring reflective bodily responses.
