Psychology 2070A/B Chapter 4: Some CH.4 notes for 2070a/b

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Patrick Brown

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Attributions: causal judgements abt why event or behaviour occurred. Judgments abt causes of ppl"s actions/outcomes are made constantly & have implications on our own behaviour. Attribution theories are models attempting to delineate processes underlying causal judgements. One of best attribution theories portray ppl as Intuitive scientists: untrained scientists who try to make causal judgements in rational scientific manner. >labelled as covariation model of attribution: ppl try to determine if a particular kind of behav- iour is correlated with a person, a situation, or some combination of persons and situations. Ppl have multiple observations of the target person. False consensus effect: assuming others share same attitudes/behaviours to a greater extent than is actually the case. We tend to interact mainly with others who agree with us. We want to believe that others agree with us (motivational). Individuals rely on their knowledge of plausible causes in situations when they make causal judgments abt a person based on just one observation.