PSYC 3221 1st Edition Lecture 2Social PsychologyChapter ThreeSocial Beliefs and Judgments Explaining othersAttribution Theory (Heider, 1958)Dispositional vs. situational attributionsInferring traitsCommonsense attributions Correspondent Inference TheoryJones and Davis (1965)Non-common effects--more salient than common effectsGeneral Expectations/Social DesirabilityCategory Based Expectations/Social RolesCovariation ModelKelley (1967)Consensus (how others behave in same situation)Distinctiveness (how person behaves in other similar situations)Consistency (how person behaved previously in same situation)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Kelley (1967) Continued. Weiner’s Attribution ModelLocus (determined by Kelley model): internal vs. externalStability (affects expectations of future behavior)Controllability (affects inferences about responsibility and emotions of anger or sympathy, for example) Fundamental Attribution ErrorRoss (1977): underestimate the situation and overestimate
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