Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Twin, Fun People, Social Proof

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Attributions: judgements about the causes of our own and other people"s behavior and outcomes. It will influence our subsequent behaviour and outcomes. If i believe it was hard work, i would feel prouder and continue to exert more effort. Personal (internal) attributions infer that people"s behaviour is caused by their characteristics. Bill insulted carol becasue he is a rude person. Situational (external) attributions infer that aspects of the situation cause a behaviour. Three types of information helps us determine the attribution we make: Consistency: is the information gain highly consistent. Consensus: is there consensus on the acquired information. If the three are high we usually make a situational attribution. If consistency is high and the other two are low then we make a personal attribution. But sometimes people make snap judgements that bias their attributions. Fundamental attribution error: we underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the role of personal factors when explaning other people"s behaviour.