Response Paper 2 1. How would you explain the similarities and differences between fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias to someone who was not familiar with the two concepts? Fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias are similar in that they both are errors made using perception. Fundamental attribution error deals with wrongly explaining a behavior based on some factors that are internal. It can also be explained as over exaggerating a reason behind a person’s behavior or
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How people attach fundamental attribution errors (FAE) to those in these situations How FAE can be reduced by considering some external attributions (media‚ unemployment rates‚ violence‚ etc.) that perpetuate these issues Examples of the external attributions you mention in your discussion. For example‚ a FAE about a poor person could suggest that the person is lazy and lacks motivation. Considering situational factors such as generational poverty‚ poor education‚ high rates of crime‚ and violence
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Leadership and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) 2010 Assessment Title: Observation Report Submission Date: 22nd July 2010 Name: Ndenko Asong Word count: 1‚386 Table of Content Contents Introduction 3 The Setting 3 Casual Attributions in Conversation 4 Body Language and Rapport 4 Summary & Conclusion 5 Bibliography 6 Introduction Much about conversation depends on the rapport between the two parties. As Clutterback explains in his title; “Creating a Coaching
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dismantle‚ even when contrary evidence is made clear. Attribution theory was developed to understand the cognitive processes involved in making these judgements about how other people behave. Attributions happen in mundane‚ everyday situations‚ but an extremely prevalent and harmful way these judgements occur happens through blaming sexual assault victims for their circumstances. The reasons surrounding victim blaming might seem obvious‚ but attribution
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and predictable world causes humans to act like naïve scientists‚ rationally and logically measuring and evaluating behaviors‚ before making attributions. Internal attributions attribute causes of events to within the target and external attributions to conditions not within the target. Humans may commit attribution biases. One bias is the fundamental attribution error (FAE). People underestimate the effect of situational constraints and overestimate the effect of dispositional factors (Alicke‚
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functionalist believes that every human being should succumb to this great order since the society is greater than any individual. Moore and Davis (2006) claimed that education carry’s out three major far-reaching functions which are firstly‚ socialization‚ where youths per take in key cultural values such as achievement‚ individualism‚ competition‚ equality of opportunity‚ social solidarity‚ democracy and religious morality. “Emile Durkheim” on the other hand argues that increase in individuality
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CHAPTER 4 – SOCIAL PERCEPTION How do we come to understand other people? Our words tell only one part of the story. For this reason‚ most of the time we don’t satisfy with verbal communication and we try to facilitate our communication by non-verbal things. Nonverbal communication is important part of social perception. The way in which people communicate intentionally or unintentionally without words‚ nonverbal cues‚ signs include Facial expressions‚ tone of voice‚ gestures‚ body
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connect that consistency with his personality. Lastly we have distinctiveness which refers to whether an individual displays different behaviors in different situations. When attempt to explain why we behave certain ways we understand attribution theory. Attribution theory suggests that when we observe an individual’s behavior‚ we attempt to determine whether it was internally or externally caused. Internally caused behaviors are those we believe to be under personal control of the individual. Externally
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social settings influence one’s actions. People react to others in many different ways. The way in which someone behaves or acts‚ changes based on their environment and beliefs (one on one versus group settings) and based on biases‚ stereotypes‚ attributions‚ attitudes‚ self impressions and first impressions. There are both external and internal attributes that causes inferences about the causes of one’s thoughts‚ behavior and feelings (Kowalski & Westen‚ 2005). When placed in specific situations
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ALPHABETIC LIST OF THEORIES1. Adaptive Structuration Theory2. Agenda-Setting Theory3. Altercasting4. Argumenation Theory5. Attraction-Selection-Attrition Framework6. Attribution Theory Classical Rhetoric8. Cognitive Dissonance theory9. Computer Mediated Communication10. Contextual Design11. Coordinated Management of Meaning12. Cultivation Theory13. Dependency Theory14. Diffusion of Innovations Theory15. Domestication16. Elaboration Likelihood
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