Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Group Polarization, Stereotype Threat, Theory Of Planned Behavior

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Richard Shugar

Document Summary

Attributions: judgements about the cause of our own and other people"s behaviour and outcomes. Personal (internal) attributions: infer that people"s behaviour is caused by their characteristics. Situational (external) attributions: infer that aspects of the situation cause a behaviour. Harold kelley said that there are three types of information determine the attribution we make: ! Fundamental attribution error: we underestimate the impact of the situational and overestimate the role of personal factors when explaining other people"s behaviour. When it comes to our own behaviour we tend to protect our self esteem by displaying self serving bias. Applies to how we perceive other people"s behaviour rather than our own. Def"n: making relatively more personal attributions for successes and more situational attributions for failures. Strength of self serving bias depends on various factors, ranging from one"s psychological state to cultural norms. Also seem to affect the way we go about making attributions.