PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Ingroups And Outgroups, Body Language, Fundamental Attribution Error
24 Jan 2014
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Social perception: how people make impressions and inferences about other people (not always accurate and often ignores situation context) How we think about the cause of other people"s actions. (summary chart pg114) Listing positive causes has led to better conflict resolution. Heider"s theory of na ve psychology: people use cause and effect analysis to understand their world and other people"s behavior. Internal attributions: seeing the cause as personal factors (ability, effort, personality) Jones and davis"s theory of correspondent inference: we see people"s behavior as caused by their traits when done freely; Kelley"s covariation theory: people determine cause based on factors present when behavior occurs, and absent when it does not. If they usually act different then situational cause. Dispositional cause if low consensus and distinctiveness, and high consistency. Don"t know if low consistency in attitude or behavior. Weiner"s attribution theory: people attribute their successes and failures in terms of three dimensions; (eight outcomes, chart pg112)
