Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Deindividuation, Fear, Group Polarization

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

Document Summary

Social thinking and perception: how we think about and perceive our social world. Social influence: how other people influence our behaviour. Social relations: how we behave towards other people. Attribution: judgments about the causes of our own and other people"s behavior and outcomes. Ex. in the courtroom, attributions about the defendant"s behaviour will determine if they are innocent or guilty. Personal (internal) attributions: people"s behaviour is caused by characteristics (ex. being a rude person) Situational (external) attributions: aspects of the situation cause behaviour (ex. he was provoked) Consistency, distinctiveness, consensus = high = situational attribution. Consistency = high, distinctiveness, consensus = low, = personal attribution (ex. using others advice on taking a course) Sometimes people make snap judgments that bias their attributions. Underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the role of personal factors when explaining other people"s behaviour (how we perceive other"s behaviour, not our own)