PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fundamental Attribution Error, Physical Attractiveness, Mirror Image
23 Nov 2016
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Experience allows you to make automatic judgements of others. Conscious and unconscious decisions help make judgements about yourself and others. For every observed behaviour, there are many possible motivating factors: hard to accurately find out why they are doing what they are doing. We quickly and automatically form impressions based on observed behaviour. You are already an expert in assessing behaviour through forming impressions. Correspondent inference theory you actively analyses a person behaviour to make inferenced based on: degree of choice. We consider to what degree a person had a choice is acting the way they did: expectation. We consider whether an observed behaviour is either typical or uncommon. Common behaviour has less information for situation. We consider the intentions and motives behind a particular behaviour. Covariation theory ho(cid:449) a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e attri(cid:271)uted to either a perso(cid:374)al. Lower smoking levels driven by a hidden goal dispositional or situation circumstances: consistency. Does the individual behave differently in different situations.
