PSYC 2P30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ultimate Attribution Error, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2P30
• Professor: Gordon Hodson

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Combine information about others, compute a running average. But is weighed depending on how much we value traits (i. e. their importance to us) Unweighted john : intelligent 8/10, attractive 4/10 (mean = 6/10) Weighted john: intelligent = 8/10, attractive = 4/10 , total = < 6 (italics = important) People typically accept the most likely cause of behaviour. I. e. we discount other possibilities/explanation that could"ve caused the behaviour. Example: susie gets an a , class avg on exam is an a . We discount her intelligence or motivation cause of a grade and instead we conclude that exam was not difficult (i. e. more likely) If there is both an inhibitory (-) and facilitative (+) cause for behaviour, the role of the facilitative cause is deemed greater now (now ++) Example: susie gets an a , class avg is d . Potential inhibitory factor 1: exam was very challenging.