PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error, In-Group Favoritism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Attributions outcomes: 2 types, fundamental attribution error. Judgments about causes of our own and other people"s behavior and: dispositional (cid:523)internal(cid:524) attributions: people"s behavior is caused by their. When explaining others" behavior, tend to: underestimate impact of situational factors, overestimate role of dispositional factor, situational (external) attributions: aspects of situation cause behavior inner traits. Self-serving bias: more dispositional for successes, more situational for failures, strength depends on psychological state & culture, depressed people = more dispositional for failure, individualistic cultures= more dispositional, collectivist cultures= more responsibility for failures. Attitudes: positive or negative evaluative reactions toward stimulus, supported by personal beliefs & values, have strongest influence on behavior when: Attitude is easily recalled: behavior influences attitude when: Effects of role playing: when we play a role, even if we know it is just pretending, we eventually tend to adopt the attitudes that go with the role, and become like the role.