PSYC 2310 : Individualistic vs Collectivistic.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

See people"s behaviour as emerging from traits. Focus on expressing one"s own needs, goals. In memories, person is center of the event. Focus on role of person in interpreting behaviour (fundamental attribution error / correspondence bias: over-estimating the effect of disposition) See self as being consistent over time. More likely to believe that thy have control over how objects work together ( life is good ) More likely to use false uniqueness bias (underestimate number of people that have your positive characteristics) More likely to engage in self- enhancement. The squeaky wheel gets the grease , there are starving children in africa . Netherlands behaviour (intentionally putting obstacles in the way so you can blame them for failures. More influenced by information about what they have done in the past (want consistence and thus feel negative towards dissonance. Thoughts, feelings, behaviours are all influenced by the group. Focus on the role of the situation in interpreting behaviour.