PSY 0310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Attribution Bias
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Vicarious reinforcement observing reinforcement of others is sufficient. Reciprocal determinism larger role for child"s own dispositions gene/environment correlation (play video games- friends play video games- child plays more video games- desensitize to aggression-etc) Bobo doll more spontaneous violence for reward or neutral groups - they learned specific aggressive behaviors by observation: social cognition. Children are active processors of social information. Interpret social cues: formulate social goals, generate problem solving strategies, evaluate probably effectiveness of strategies, enact response, peer evaluation and response. Children who get along well with peers are able to interpret social cues accurately, create goals that enhance relationships, and have a lot of effective problem solving strategies. Children with peer difficulties often hold biased social expectations: attend selectively to social cues and misinterpret behavior. Ambiguous scenarios situations can be interpreted as hostile or accidental: hostile attributional bias aggressive response to accidents. Dweck self attributions and achievement motivation.
