PSYC 2120 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Representativeness Heuristic, Counterfactual Conditional, Fusiform Face Area

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2120
• Professor: Kerry Kawakami

Document Summary

The tendency to assume that information that comes easily to mind (or is readily available) is more frequent or common. The process by which cues that are given after an event can plant false information into memory. Process whereby people judge how frequently an event occurs on the basis of how easily they can retrieve examples of that event. The tendency to attribute to the actor an attitude, desire, or trait that corresponds to the action. Attribution of behavior to either an aspect of the actor (internal) or to some aspect of the situation (external). The tendency to make internal attributions for the behavior of others and external attributions for our own behavior. The tendency to attribute behaviour to internal or dispositional qualities of the actor and consequently underestimate the causal role of situational factors. The tendency to see a causal relationship between an event and an outcome when they happen at the same time.