CMP 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Collectivism, Fundamental Attribution Error, Construals

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Characterizing social psychology: social psychology is the scientific study of the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals in social situations. The power of the situation: social psychology emphasizes the influence of situations on behavior. People often find it difficult to see the role that powerful situations can play in producing their own and others" behavior, and so are inclined to overemphasize the importance of personal dispositions in producing behavior. The two tendencies together are called the fundamental attribution error. The role of construal: social psychology also focuses on the role of construal in understanding situations. People often feel that their comprehension of situations is direct, without much mediating thought. Schemas are stored representations of numerous repetitions of highly similar stimuli and situations. They tell us how to interpret situations and how to behave in them. Stereotypes are schemas of people of various kinds -police officers,

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