PSYCH 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Supermax Prison, Fundamental Attribution Error, Wwe Network
15 Mar 2018
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Thin slicing - ability to find patterns in events based only on "thin slices"; present subject w have them analyze (often can be as accurate or more accurate than judgements using more. Fundamental attribution error: tendency to overemphasize personality traits & underestim factors (ex. Jeopardy! host must be very smart; if you are cut off in traffic, you assume the p off is arrogant and selfish) I cut him off because that car swerved) Blame person if it is someone else (ex. He cut me off because he"s a jerk. Personal attributions: explanations of behavior that refer to internal characteristics like abi (he won because he"s faster) Situational attributions: external events like weather, luck accidents (he won because of luc. Need for affiliation: universal, evolutionarily adaptive, effects of deprivation (supermax pris. Misery loves miserable company ("dr. zilstein" experiment: people want to wait with other. Proximity - we tend to like people who are physically near to us.
