PSY 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fundamental Attribution Error, Dispositional Attribution, Construals
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Social psychology: the scientific of how people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Two major aspects of experimental research (internal validity) Correlational research: research examining the relationship between two or more variables. Our subjective perceptions of situations (construals) are important determinants of behavior. Consistency: person"s behavior is consistent over time. Consensus: how other people react to same stimulus. Distinctiveness: person react same or differently to different stimuli. Self-serving bias: tendency to attribute our own successes to internal factors and attribute failures to external factors. Fundamental attribution error: tendency to overestimate the role of dispositional causes and overlook situational causes of other"s behaviors. Why it occurs: the person is more salient in a situation. Spreading of alternatives: when we have to make tough decisions between two attractive alternatives, dissonance can result. To reduce dissonance, we change our attitudes by:
