Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error, Attitude Change

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

Document Summary

Judgments about the causes of our own and other people"s behavior and outcomes. Our attempts to understand why people behave as they do typically involve either personal attributions or situational attributions. Harold kelley (1973) 3 types of information determine the attribution we make: When consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus are all high, we are likely to make a situational attribution. When consistency is high and the other two factors are low, we make a personal attribution. We underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the role of personal factors when explaining other people"s behavior. Applies to how we perceive other people"s behavior rather than our own. When people have time to reflect on their judgments or are highly motivated to be careful, the fundamental attribution error is reduced. Making relatively more personal attributions for successes and more situational attributions for failures. Common in explaining our own behavior to protect our self-esteem.