PSY 1102 Study Guide - Solomon Asch, Fundamental Attribution Error, In-Group Favoritism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: all

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Chapter 18 social psychology: the scientific study of how we think, feel, behave, and how relate to one another in social situations, whether they are real or imagined. Social thinking: attributions, definition, the mental processes that are used when we evaluate an explained human behaviour whether it"s our own or someone else"s, the actual explanation we offer as to the why of behaviour, possibilities, dispositional. A trait is the cause of the behaviour: situational. They had to do something because they need to: interaction. When we explain our own behaviours: take into consideration situational factors. When told to put yourself in their shoes: effects of attributions. Against their principles: shock study, most went all the way, group influence. The larger the number of people the more people will social loafing. When the group wants to maintain its prestige. When people are working on something important or meaningful to them. Make sure that every single person is responsible for something specific.