Shyia Morgan Megan Strain General Psych 11 December 2013 1 Attribution Chapter 16 Concepts a Basically this is confusing because this term is very vague b The best way to understand the definition is to think of it as how people think and feel differently when other people are around Or how they change and influence their thoughts 2 Situational Variables attributions a This is confusing because I get these factors mixed up with dispositonal attributions b What helps me to remember the difference between the two is to think of them as external and internal factors like incentives Situational attributions factors are external so they deal with the environment 3 Dispostional Attributions a It is hard to realize the difference between this and situational attributions b Dispositinal attributions are internal factors Basically they deal with a persons personality and behavior For example a person might attribute the cause of their homelessness as them being lazy 4 Saliency Bias a this is confusing because I have never heard of this term before b A way to remember this term is to think of the term salient which means noticeable It makes since that people blame they re personality and behaviors rather than the situation because it is more noticeable 5 Just World Phenomenon a this is confusing because I do not understand the logic of this phenomenon b Basically this phenomenon is saying that people rationalize the world in way so that they feel comfortable in a uncontrollable world For example people might say that people generally get what they deserve 6 Cognitive dissonance a this is confusing because I do not really get the definition in the book and we did not really cover it I class b The easiest way to understand this is to think about how we change are attitudes to agree with our behaviors We do that because it is easier to change are attitudes rather than behaviors For example so many people smoke even though they know it is bad for them However they change their attitudes rather than the behavior so they can continue to a this is confusing because I get this term confused with need compatibility b The best way to remember this is to think of the word complementary Usually when I give a complement it is because I either want what ever I am complimenting or I do not a this can be confusing because of all the different love terms b The beset way to remember this to think of a constant person that flirts Because they re a This is a hard term to grasps because it involves so many factors b The way that I remember this to think about the book To Kill a Mockingbird I think about the angry mob and how they did not have a personal identity a I do not understand this concept because I do not understand if this a good thing or a bad smoke 7 Need Complementarity have it 8 Fatuous Love committed just to flirt 9 Deindividuation 10 Groupthink thing b Basically this is not really a good think because you re not able to get different perspectives if everyone thinks the same