PSYCH 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Attribution Bias, Bias Blind Spot, Confirmation Bias
2 Oct 2018
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Attributions: our attempts to interpret and explain the causes of our own and other"s behavior. Internal attributions : behavior due to features of the person , such as their personality or individual characteristics. Fundamental attribution bias: tendency to overestimate individual factors, and to underestimate situational factors, when making attribution for other"s behavior. Developed quiz show paradigm where participants were randomly assigned to be. After quiz show, participants all rated how knowledgeable the questioners and contestants were. Questioners realized that they were probably about as smart as the other guy. Contestants/observers rated that questioners were more knowledgeable. Because they made the questions, they were smarter setting, context, or social environment. External attributions: behavior is due to features of the situation , such as the. Actor-observer bias: tendency for actors to attribute their behavior to situational factors, while observers tend to attribute actor"s behavior to individual factors. Two participants recruited to have a convo. Rate themselves and partners on variety of characteristics.
