PSYC 215 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stanford Prison Experiment, Victim Blaming, Explanatory Style
7 Feb 2018
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A construal/interpretational process that people use to explain their own and others behavior. So it explains why do people do what they do and what is driving them attribution theory. Central focus how people understand the cause of events. We want to understand why it happened and why it came to be. Also affects emotional and behavioral responses to one another: diffusion or frustration. Impact on how we engage with people around us. People tend to have common tendencies however there are also some individual differences. In which people have a personal habitual way of explaining events and behaviors. Based on three dimensions: (predetermined ways of thinking) What (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)ause a (cid:271)ehavior (cid:894)frie(cid:374)d"s (cid:272)lip exa(cid:373)ple(cid:895) external attribution bad day or strong forces inducing specific behaviors. Thinking about the last time you had a negative academic experience. Based on our own studying (internal) or the test was unfair (external) Will it be present again (yes- stable) (no unstable)
