PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Fundamental Attribution Error, Dispositional Attribution, Psy
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The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave regarding other people and how individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by other people (real or imagined) The power of the situation can be harnessed for good, or for evil. Attributions: how people explain the causes of behavior. Fritz heider"s big insight: 2 types of attributions. The tendency for observers to underestimate situational (external) influences and overestimate dispositional (internal) influences on others" behavior. Individualist cultures: dispositional attribution preferred in advertisements: the art of being unique , you, only better . Collectivist cultures: situational attribution preferred in advertisements: a more exhilarating way to provide for your family , bringing people closer together . We tend to attribute our own behaviors to external, situational factors: i was pushed and had on slippery shoes . We tend to attribute others" behaviors to internal factors: you fell .
