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cause attributed to internal factors such as personality or character
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1 derek black 2 dispositional cause
3 vicarious conditioning 4 what people think they do/are:
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godson of david duke (kkk grand wizard); became an
derek black
elected politician for white nationalist movement
the scientific study of how a person's thought,
social psychology feelings, & behaviorare influenced by the real,
imagined, or implied presence of others.
changing ones behavior to match that of other
Conformity
, -Flawed
what people actually
-Inconsistent
do/are:
-Human
-Fundamental attribution error
the discrepancy:
-Cognitive dissonance
the effect of the presence of others has on the
decision to help others; help is less likely as the # of
bystander effect
bystanders increases. (helping others according to if
the majority is or not)
failure to take responsibility for actions or for inaction
diffusion of responsibility
because of the presence of other people
a tendency to respond positively or negatively toward
a certain person, object, ideas, or situation: contains
attitude
affective, behavioral & cognitive components
(correlation between them)
vegetables are good, homosexuality is a sin, vaccines
examples of attitude:
are deadly
direct contact w the person, situation, object, or idea;
how to form an attitude? direct instruction from parents or others; interacting w
(from book) other people who hold a certain attitude; vicarious
conditioning
watching the actions & reactions of others to ideas,
vicarious conditioning
people, objects, & situations
T/F: formed attitudes are true
difficult to change
attribution the theory of how people make attributions
cause attributed to external factors, such as delays,
situational cause the action of others, or some other aspect of the
situation.
you are late to class & that's why a it's okay; failing a
example of situational
test because it was poorly written, or you didn't get
cause:
enough sleep
cause attributed to internal factors such as personality
dispositional cause
or character
example of dispositional thinking you are an evil person