PSYCH 360 Study Guide - Final Guide: Alex Trebek, Pluralistic Ignorance, Informed Consent
10 Mar 2013
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Tendency to attribute other"s behaviors mainly to dispositional factors but one"s own behavior mainly to situational factors. Reasons for this: perceptual salience ( dean scream ) and availability of information. Actor we are more interested in determining what kind of situation we are dealing with. Observer we are often interested in determining what kind of person we are dealing with. *actors are more likely to make situational attributions for a particular behavior. An assumption about why a person acted the way they did. Two major kinds of attribution: dispositional something about the person himself or herself made them act that way, situational something about the situation made the person act that way. Refers to the story of how people understand the causes of events. Used when we judge the frequency of some event by how readily pertinent events come to mind. Means basing a judgment on the case with which examples comes to mind.
