PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hindsight Bias, Physical Attractiveness, Confirmation Bias
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Social thinking: social psychology: the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another behavior/event, attribution: a conclusion (assumption) about the cause of an observed. Attribution theory: we explain others" behavior with two types. Situational attribution: that behavior was due to of attributions: something in the situation: ex: he made a bad grade on the test because the. The fundamental attribution error room was freezing cold. Dispositional attribution: (disposition personality) that thing happened because of something internal. Attribution error: the theory that we explain. How we explain someone"s behavior affects how we underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition: ex: a guy trips as he walks into class. The guy walking in thinks about how the rug was faulty. We tend to overemphasize dispositional behavior is caused by their personality: attitudes and actions react to it.
