Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Fundamental Attribution Error, Impression Formation, Social Proof

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Attribution: perceiving the causes of behaviour: attributions: judgments about the causes of our own and other people"s behavior and outcomes. When all 3 are high make situational attribution. When consistency high & others are low make personal attribution. Forming and maintaining impressions: attributions play key role in impression formation. Mental sets and schemas: seeing what we expect to see: schemas: mental frameworks that help us organize and interpret information, stereotype: a generalized belief about a group or category of people represents a powerful type of schema. Initial, unfounded expectations can influence how we behave toward them, thereby shaping their behavior in a way that ultimately confirms our expectations. Attitudes and attitude change: attitude: a positive or negative evaluative reaction toward a stimulus, such as a person, action, object, or concept. Self-justification: theory of cognitive dissonance: people strive for consistency in their cognitions, when two or more cognitions contradict one another state of tension that.