Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Social Exchange Theory, Group Polarization, Realistic Conflict Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

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Chapter 13 behaviour in a social context. Attributions judgments about the causes of behaviour and outcomes. Fritz heider maintained that attempts to understand behaviour involve different types of attribution. Personal attribution people"s behaviour is caused by their characteristics. Situational attribution aspects of the situation cause behaviour. Three types of information determine attribution we make. Distinctiveness (is the decision distinct to a situation, or often made) When these three are higher, the decision made is a situational attribution. Fundamental attribution error tendency to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the role of personal factors when explaining other"s behaviour. Self-serving bias making relatively more personal attributions for successes and more situational attributions for failure. Participants from india make more situational attributions, and americans make more personal attributions. Primacy effect tendency to attach more importance to the initial information that we learn about a person. Stereotype generalized beliefs about a group or category of people (type of schema)