PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Fundamental Attribution Error, Attribution Bias, Physical Attractiveness

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Stephanie Denison

Document Summary

In what sense are people natural psychologists: we have a natural drive to understand the people around us. From an evolutionary perspective, this makes sense, understanding the people around us will help us in building and fostering relationships so these people can help us. According to kelley"s logical model, when should behavior be attributed to the person and when should it be attributed to the situation: ask yourself three questions, 1. Does this person behave this way all the time: 2. What are the people around him doing: 3. Does this person behave this way in many other situations. What evidence supports the evidence of person bias in attribution: when you are stuck in a traffic jam, you tend to associate a cutting off from a person to the person, not the situation around you. It occurs most often when people are asked to judge personalities, or when their thoughts are occupied with other things.