PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Fundamental Attribution Error, Solomon Asch
24 Aug 2016
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People feel group is immune to error (illusion of invulnerability) Pearl harbor government did not believe that. Japan ever could or would attack the us, even given information that an attack was being planned, or that. Japan might actually do damage against us military. People believe there is an inherent morality of the group. Rationalization focusing on past success as a guarantee of future success; allows to downplay any data or information that conflicts with beliefs. When group doesn"t take seriously the doubts of. Outsiders who are critical, they also tend to ignore helpful advice from legitimate sources. Willingness to devalue own individual ideas when in conflict with known values of group. Bay of pigs greatest foreign policy fiasco of. Mind guard someone who protects group against someone who might threaten group assumptions. Someone criticizes another who disagrees with the group, so no one else wants to. Everyone thinks they are on the same page.
