Social Attribution Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is complementary to the discounting principale
Augmentation principle
How is the augmentation principle different from the discounting principle
Augmentation principle attribute more weight to a phenomenon considering that other present causes would produce a different outcome
What statement is said during counterfactual thinking
“if only…”
When does emotional amplification occurs
when an event almost did not happen
The gloomy silver medalist demonstrate what phenomenon
Emotional amplification
How does the tendency to attribute failure to external circumstances and success to internal circumstances called
self-serving attributional bias
what causes the self-serving attributional bias
desire to maintain/protect self-esteem
fundamental attribution error leads what
fail to recognize the important influence on behaviour and overemphasize the importance of dispositions on behaviour.
What is the ‘just world hypothesis”
the wrong believe that people get what they deserve in life
Why do we engage in the fundamental attribution error
It is our way to minimize the threats we fear by attrubuting them internal causes. Thus, we reassure ourselves that nothing bad will happen to us if we continue living the right kind of life as the right kind of person
True or false, disposition explanation come rather easily as they command our attention
True and thus, this may also explain the fundamental attribution error and the “just world hypothesis”
True or false, people tend to derogate the victim in a way that they disparage the character of those suffering from unfortnate experiences that are beyond their personal control
true
We automatically characteriaze an individual based on what
their behaviour
