Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Normative Social Influence, Cognitive Dissonance, Kimveer Gill

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Chapter 13 behavior in a social context. Kimveer gill opened fire in dawson college -> believed life was a video game (must die sometime) Social influence how other people influence our behavior. Social relations how we behave towards other people. Attributions judgments about causes of our own and other people"s behavior and outcomes. Personal (internal) attributions people"s behavior caused by their characteristics. Situational (external) attributions aspects of the situation cause a behavior. Kelley: 3 types of information determine attribution we make: Personal attribution = high consistency, low distinctiveness and consensus. Fundamental attribution error underestimate impact of situation + overestimate role of personal factors when explaining other"s behavior. Self-serving bias making more personal attributions for success + more situational attributions for failure. Western/british: tendency to attribute others" behavior to personal factors. Asian/individualistic: tendency to attribute others" behavior to situational factors. Korean: those who think holistically take more info into account when making attributions.