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situational; dispositional

collectivistic cultures are ____ as individualistic are _____

controllability

controllable vs. uncontrollable

social roles

daughter, son, student

self-serving bias

individual to take credit by making internal attributions for positive outcomes but situation or external attributes for negative outcomes

locus of control

internal vs. external

dispositionism; situationsim

personality theorists are more likely to believe in ____ (internal factors), while social psychologists are more likely to believe in___________

scripts

persons knowledge about the sequence of events expected in a setting; how you act when you walk into an elevator

interpersonal

pertain to dyads and groups, including helping behavior aggression, prejudice and decimation, attraction and close relationships

intrapersonal

pertain to individuals, includes emotions and attitudes, the self

situational factors

social psychology focuses on____ in predicting human behavior

stability

stabe vs. unstable

fundamental attribution error

tendency to overemphasize internal factos as attributions for behavior and underestimate the power of the situation

situationism

view that behavior and actions are determined by our immediate environment and surroundings

self-serving bias

we are displaying the _____ when we make attributions that enable us to see ourselves in a favorable light

attribution

belief about the cause of a result

just word hypothesis

belief that people get outcomes they deserve

internal factors

attribute of a person and includes personality traits and temperament

actor-observer bias

attributing other peoples behavior to internal factors while attributing our own behavior to situational forces; greg lost his job and is hostile but any other person would think he is hostile due to disposition

Zimbardos Stanford Prison Experiment

experiment that demonstrated power of social roles, norms and scripts

collectivistic culture

focuses on communal relationships with others such as family, friends, and community, likely to less commit the error

individualistic culture

focuses on individual achievement and autonomy, have the greatest tendency to commit the error

social norm

group expectation of what is appropriate and acceptable

dispositionism

holds that our behavior is determined by internal factors