PSYC 2606 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Dispositional Attribution, Fundamental Attribution Error, Representativeness Heuristic
7 Feb 2017
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Attribution how we infer the causes of observed behavior. Condition i write down what happened. Condition ii write down the movement in terms of the geometric shapes being humans. Condition iii video is shown in reverse. Various questions about the instructions and characters. Results there was only one person that described the film in terms of shape movement and not human characteristics/behavior. Looks like the two triangles are fighting with each other to get back into the rectangle while the circle enters the rectangle. Although the moving figures in this film are geometric shapes, their movements seem to give them character and animate them. We infer intentions (fighting, happy, sad, scared, etc. ) which is what attribution is all about. We are driven to see internal reasons. Pervasive human tendency to see human movements when they aren"t there. One of the key manipulations are the change in the instructions given to the subjects. Accurate prediction allows one to more easily .
