PSYC 2606 1st Edition Lecture 16Outline of Last Lecture I. *Reading Homework (bottom of 183 - top of 188 - Culture and Causal Attributions)*II. Causal attribution, explanatory story, covariation principle, consensus, distinctiveness, consistency, discounting principle, augmentation principle Outline of Current Lecture I. Causal attributionA. covariation principle1. internal vs external B. counterfactual thoughts, emotional amplification, attribution theoryII. Errors and Biases in attributionA. self serving attribution bias, fundamental attribution error, just-world hypothesis Current Lecture Causal Attribution● Covariation Principle → to analyze must go through consensus, distinctiveness, consistency○ consensus ○ distinctiveness○ consistency ○ ^^^all external attribution^^^○ consensus○ distinctiveness○ consistency○ ^^^all internal attribution^^^● Counterfactual thoughts: a human tendency to create possible alternatives to like events ○ what might have been or another possible thing that could have happened○ we are really affected when something almost happened or the outcome is easy to imagine● Emotional Amplification: under the circumstance of counterfactual thinking, the tendency to amplify your thought process based upon how you are comparing yourself to somebody else.○ when you’re doing upward social comparison to see what you almost had ○ ex. second place people usually aren't as happy as first place or third place■ second place = upward comparison■ third place = downward comparison● Attribution theory: always trying to understand what causes what Errors and Biases in AttributionThese 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.● Self serving attributional bias: attributing things we do well to ourselves and bad things that happen to the environment around us ● Fundamental attribution error: attributing behavior of somebody else to their disposition ratherthan the situation that they are in ○ overestimating the power of the situation○ Causes of fundamental attribution error ■ Just-world hypothesis: the tendency to believe that people get what they deserve ● nobody wants to believe it will happen to them ■ Actor-Observer Differences: the actor to attribute their behavior to the situation and the observer attributes the behavior of the actor to their disposition● fundamental attribution error and self serving bias
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