PSY 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 150A1
• Professor: Bianchi

Document Summary

Study of the nature and causes of people"s thoughts and behavior in social. A very big and diverse eld of study. Social cogni(cid:2210)on: a(cid:2224)tude and impression forma(cid:2210)on, a(cid:130)ribu(cid:2210)on. Social in uence: how the social se(cid:2224)ng can impact our individual behavior. Part (cid:400): social cogni(cid:2210)on: a(cid:2224)tudes, impression forma(cid:2210)on, and a(cid:130)ribu(cid:2210)on. A tendency to respond posi(cid:2210)vely or nega(cid:2210)vely toward certain people, ideas, objects, or situa(cid:2210)ons. Can be the result of several processes: A(cid:130)empt to change another"s a(cid:2224)tude via argument, explana(cid:2210)on etc. Involves a(cid:130)ending to the content of the message itself. A(cid:130)ending to factors not involved in the message, such as: Discomfor(cid:2210)ng arising when one"s thoughts and behaviors do not correspond. Form a new a(cid:2224)tude to jus(cid:2210)fy the behavior. Formings of rst knowledge about another person. Automa(cid:2210)c unconscious assignment of a new acquaintance to some category or. Set of characteris(cid:2210)c that people believe is shared by all members of a par(cid:2210)cular. Examples how people explain others" or their own behavior.