PSYC 1002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Fundamental Attribution Error, Cognitive Dissonance, Elaine Hatfield

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Bruce Tsuji

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Social schemas: organized clusters of ideas about categories of social events and people. Self- (cid:272)he(cid:373)a: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)teg(cid:396)ated set of (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)ies, (cid:271)eliefs a(cid:374)d ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)alizatio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) in a given domain. Stereotypes: widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group. Illusory correlation: occurs when people estimate that they have encountered more confirmations of an association between social traits than they have actually seen. An evolutionary perspective on bias in person perception. Ingroup: a group that one belongs to an identifies with or as members of an outgroup, a group that one does not belong to or identify with. Attributions: inferences that people draw about the causes of events, othe(cid:396)s(cid:859) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) a(cid:374)d their own behaviour. Internal attributions: ascribe the causes of behaviour to personal dispositions, traits, abilities and feelings. External attributions: ascribe the causes of behaviour to situational demands and environmental constraints. Wei(cid:374)e(cid:396)(cid:859)s (cid:373)odel of att(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374)s fo(cid:396) su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess a(cid:374)d failu(cid:396)e.