Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Fixed Action Pattern, Social Identity Theory, Murder Of Kitty Genovese

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Chapter 13 behaviour in a social context: social thinking and perception, attribution: perceiving the causes of behaviour. Attribution judgement about causes of our and other people"s behaviour: attribution about defendants behaviour influence guilt vs. innocence, personal vs. situational attributions. 2 types of attributions personal (internal) attributions and situational (external) attributions. Internal behaviour is caused by the person"s internal characteristics: person behaves rudely because they are rude in character, external behaviour is caused by situations, person was provoked, so they insulted the other person. 3 types of info help with determination: consistency. Is the behaviour/response consistent, will it be the same in 2 weeks: distinctiveness. Is the behaviour/response distinctive, is it specific to one thing or does it apply to many other things as well: consensus. Fundamental attribution error: underestimating impact of situation and overestimating role of personal factors when explaining behaviour.