PSYC 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 42: Stanford Prison Experiment, Leon Festinger, Cognitive Dissonance
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Psyc 1 textbook notes module 42: social thinking. Social psychology: how we think about, influence, relate to one another. Attribution theory: we explain someone"s behavior by crediting the situation or the: disposable attribution: enduring traits, situational attribution: situation. Fundamental attribution error: tendency for observers, when analyzing others" behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition. Depends on context: professor seems outgoing from speaking in front of everyone in the classroom. When we explain our own behavior, we consider the situation. Attitude: feelings, often influenced by beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a certain way to objects, people, events. Persuasion takes two forms: peripheral route persuasion: when people are influenced by incidental cues. Ex: speaker"s attractiveness: central route persuasion: when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts. Persuaders try to influence behavior by changing attitudes. External pressure can override the attitude-behavior link.
