PHIL 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Truism, The More We Get Together, Fundamental Attribution Error
16 Aug 2018
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Chapter 8: the more we get together- social cognition and the flow of information. In many social contexts there are powerful pressures that work to prevent challenging and debunking dubious disbeliefs, or even known falsehoods. As a result there are propositions that continue to circulate despite being unjustifiable. We spend so much time and energy thinking about other people because their motives and character generally mean at least as much to us as the consequences of their actions. (cid:449)he(cid:374) the (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)es of people"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:396)e (cid:272)lea(cid:396), thei(cid:396) (cid:373)oti(cid:448)es (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e ha(cid:396)d to (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulate. Social psychologists use attribution theory to explain certain egocentric biases. Attribution theory is more generally applied to explaining social interactions, in particular how we assign psychological states to other people, rather than the construction of our self-image.
