Psychology 2035A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Dispositional Attribution, Fundamental Attribution Error, Fritz Heider
15 Mar 2016
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Background: trained as a biologist (expert on mollusks published. 1/4 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) scientific papers); worked part-time with kids at binet institute (developing new iq test standford binet iq test popular in na); (cid:1) Kids" mistakes on reasoning tasks revealed how cognitive abilities develop. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Infants can"t represent objects in thought (can only respond to what they see, hear, and touch- what they experience with their senses); (cid:1) Lack an understanding of object permanence (objects continue to exist even when they can"t be seen) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Understanding of concepts is weak (abstract ideas about what a group of objects has in common) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Engage in animistic thinking (if an object moves, it must be alive) Thinking tends to be egocentric (perceive world in terms of their own perspective) (cid:1) Assume other people see the world as they do (leave out important background information) (cid:1)
