Term
| name two factors that contribute to behaviour. give equation |
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Definition
B = S + D
behaviour influenced by situation and personal disposition. |
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Term
how do people determine a person's disposition
(include equation)
- done on what level of consciousness? |
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Definition
D = B - S
people determine weight of their behaviour and the weight of the situation.
- subconsciously |
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Term
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Definition
observer does not conclude person has unique disposition when the person does exactly what the situation pushed him or her to do.
observer will conclude person has unique disposition when person does opposite of what situation pushed them to do or these is no situational push at all. |
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Term
| correspondence bias/fundamental attribution error |
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Definition
| tendency to correspond a person's behaviour to personal disposition instead of attributing the behaviour to the situation. |
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Term
| describe how correspondence bias gives us a sense of control. 2 ways. |
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Definition
1. have dispositionist world view (easier to think bad people born bad instead of becoming bad)
2. feeling we can predict other's behaviour |
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Term
| 2 reasons why correspondence bias creates tendency to underestimate situational power |
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Definition
situation often invisible
we misjudge capacity of situational forces on behaviour |
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Term
| give two stage model of attribution and then 3 stage model of complex/cognitive application to this model. |
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Definition
2 stage model:
1. identification (what is actor doing?)
2. attribution (why is actor doing it?)
cog application:
1. identification (what is person doing?)
2. attribution (automatic dispositional inference)
3. effortful situational correction (applying other factors to behaviour) |
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