Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error, Social Proof

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

Document Summary

Attributions: judgements about the causes of personal and other"s behaviour and outcomes. One reason for this is that we have more information about the present situation when making judgements about ourselves, as when we are driving slowly to follow unfamiliar directions. Second, the perceptual principle of figure ground relations comes into play. Culture and attribution: the tendency to attribute to other people"s behaviour to personal factors reflects a. First, people tend to be most alert to information that is first received. Mental sets and schemas: seeing what we expect to see. Mental set: readiness to perceive the world in a particular way and powerfully shapes how people interpret the stimulus. Schemas: mental frameworks that help people to organize and interpret information. Stereotype: generalized belief about a group or category of people, represents a powerful type of schema. Self-fulfilling prophecies: creating what we expect to see.