文档介绍：Social Psychology 社会心理学简述导论
Social Psychology
Today’s topics
••• Attribution Theory Attitudes Conformity and Obedience Altruism & Bystander Intervention
Chapter 16: Social Psychology
Social Psychology
Social psychology
the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another - How does the presence of other people influence our thoughts, feelings, and behavior?
Chapter 16: Social Psychology
Attribution Theory
Attribution Theory • suggests how we explain someone’s behavior – we either attribute it to the person’s disposition or to the situation
dispositional attribution - behavior caused by factors internal to the person • situational attribution – behavior caused by external factors
Chapter 16: Social Psychology
Fundamental Attribution Error
Fundamental Attribution Error - tendency to overestimate internal factors (. traits or attitudes), and to underestimate situational factors in explaining behavior
Example: poor grades - we tend to attribute poor grades to something internal (unintelligent or lazy), rather than situational (family problems)
Chapter 16: Social Psychology
Actor-Observer Effect
Actor-Observer Effect - tendency for the actor (the person performing a behavior) to attribute the behavior to the situation and for the observer (the person watching the actor behave) to attribute the same behavior to the actor’s disposit