PSYCH 2310 Lecture Notes - Fundamental Attribution Error, Random Assignment, Representativeness Heuristic
Document Summary
Attribution and social cognition (hieder, 1958: need to manage social environment & understand others" behavior, prefer to organization perceptions in terms of cause and effect, these explanation = attributions. Locus: internal: cause from within person, external: cause from the situation, stability, stable: cause consistent over time, unstable: cause varies over time. Covariation theory (kelley, 1960: covariation principle, to be the cause of a behavior, a factor must be present when the behavior occurs and absent when it does not. 3 kinds of covariation information: consistency information, does the person usually behave this way in this situation? i. ii. If yes still not clear why; need more info: consensus information, do others react the same way in this situation? i. ii. If no suggests internal: distinctiveness information, does the person react the same way in different situation? (falling asleep in other classes) i. ii. 2 ways contextual info can influence attributions: discounting principle: a.
