PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Physical Attractiveness, Representativeness Heuristic, Fundamental Attribution Error
1 Dec 2012
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Expectations: uncommon behaviour gives us more information than common behaviour. If someone acts in a typical way you tend to not have a reason to infer their cause to their behaviour: correspondent inference theory: the variable of the intent of the behaviour (hidden goals, poor intentions, suspiciousness, etc) Covariation theory: how you determine if a given behaviour is due to an individual"s personal disposition or the situation and circumstances. Fundamental attribution: the tendency to over-value dispositional factors for the observed behaviours of others while under-valuing situational forces. Cultural differences: american 8 and 11 year olds attributed behaviour to personal and situational causes about equally. Indian children have a tendency to attribute behaviour to situational causes somewhat more than to personal/dispositional causes by the time they were 11 years old. The american 15 year olds & adults made more attributions as a result of personal factors than situational factors.
