PSYC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Violent Cases, Social Trap, Dhow
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Study the social influences that explain why the same person will act differently in different situations. Social psychology: the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. Fundamental attribution error: fritz heider (1958) attribution theory. Theory that we explain someone"s behaviour by crediting either the situation of the person"s disposition. Dispositional attribution vs situational attribution: fundamental attribution error (ross, 1977) The tendency for observers, when analyzing others" behaviour, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition: david napolitan and george goethals (1979) demonstrated the. Had students talk to a woman who acted cold and critical fundamental attribution error or warm and friendly. Researchers told half the students that the woman"s behaviour was intentional and half it was spontaneous. People that she was cold/warm regardless that she was told to even when told that her behaviour was situational.
