Define the fundamental attribution error and discuss why it occurs
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The fundamental attribution error is our tendency to make personal or internal attributions for others' behaviors. We infer that people's behavior corresponds to (matches) their disposition (personality). A number of factors contribute to our tendency to commit the fundamental attribution error. For example, a fundamental schema most of us use is that the person and not the situation is a cause of behaviors; the actor is the perceptually salient figure and the situation is the ground. In addition, the two-step model of attributions suggests that the fundamental attribution error may occur automatically, and only decrease, if at all, at the second, controlled stage of processing.
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. translating ideas into applications. b. translating theories into hypotheses. c. turning hypotheses into social policy. d. turning research methods into training programs.
Which of the following did Hebb accomplish??
a. ?He characterized equipotentiality. b. ?He identified the existence of instinctual drift in many species. c. ?He linked the reticular activating system with cognitive and behavioral performance. d. ?He conducted research on hemispheric specialization with split-brain patients.