The Role of Person Perception: Attributions and Bias (VCE SSCE Psychology): Flashcards
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Attributions
Attributions
Inferences about causes of events and behaviors
Fritz Heider's contribution to attribution theory
Fritz Heider's contribution to attribution theory
First described attributions in 1958
Personal attributions
Personal attributions
Explanations based on internal characteristics (ability, personality)
Situational attributions
Situational attributions
Explanations based on external factors (luck, environment, task)
Fundamental attribution error
Fundamental attribution error
Overemphasising personal traits & ignoring situation when judging
Just-world hypothesis
Just-world hypothesis
Belief that world is fair & people get what they deserve
Actor-observer bias
Actor-observer bias
Attributing own behavior to situation, others' to internal factors
Self-serving bias
Self-serving bias
Attributing successes to self, failures to external factors
Function of attributions
Function of attributions
Create coherent explanations for events & predict future behavior
Why actor-observer bias occurs
Why actor-observer bias occurs
More info about own circumstances than others' situations