PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Doomsday Cult, Fundamental Attribution Error, Physical Attractiveness

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Pearlberg Steven

Document Summary

Turn pegs quarter turn right, then left. Given either or to tell next participant it"s super interesting. One group would tell the truth and say it"s boring, other group would lie and say it"s interesting. Being paid was not sufficient incentive for lying, experienced dissonance. Changed their thoughts to perceive that the activity was actually very interesting, calming, etc. Being paid provides a reason for turning the pegs. A reason or explanation for dissonant personal behavior that resides outside the individual. In order to receive a large reward or avoid severe punishment. The reduction of dissonance by changing something about oneself. The less external justification for the behavior, the more the attitude shifts to correspond to the behavior. A tendency to attribute others" behavior to internal factors. No one called the police when she was being attacked. All thought someone would call, no one did.