Introduction In the early morning of Thursday‚ 14 February 2013‚ Oscar Pistorius‚ the “Blade Runner” from South Africa‚ his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius’ Pretoria home. Pistorius was taken into police custody and was formally charged with Steenkamp’s murder in a Pretoria court on 15 February. The bail hearing commenced on 19 February under Chief Magistrate of Pretoria Desmond Nair. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel claimed that Pistorius had put on his prosthetic legs‚ walked
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1. Explain a person’s attitude towards visiting Disneyland in Hong Kong in terms of the tri-component model. The Tri-Component Model is made up of three potential parts including cognitive‚ affective and conative.Disneyland in Hong Konghas a uniqueattract customers.The first part of this model refers to cognition that is a consumer’s knowledge perceptions acquired via direct experience with attitude with the attitude object plus information from various source. Disneylandisan interesting placewhereyou
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interact. This essay begins by looking at Fritz Heider (1944‚ as cited in Buchanan et al.‚ p.60) an influential psychologist in this area who coined the phrase ’naive psychology ’. It then progresses onto the advantages and disadvantages of the attribution theories using Kelley ’s covariation method and MacArthurs vignettes to test the theory. This is followed by looking into optimistic bias and whether this bias can prevent people from constructing rational and logical theories when making sense
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Attribution theory is a theory that shows people’s different perspectives in a particular situation. It falls under the sociopsychological tradition which was developed by Fritz Heider. It’s more on their response or the way they behave. There are two types of attribution. These are internal and external attribution. Internal refers to personal motives. On the contrary‚ external refers to the desire to understand
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self-esteem is increasing because people are using multiple ways to make themselves feel better. Some ways described in the book are; downward social comparison‚ upward social comparison‚ compensatory self-enhancement‚ discounting‚ external attribution‚ internal attribution and basking in the reflected glory. Downward social comparison is comparing your performance with the performance of someone who is doing even worse than you‚ whereas upward social comparison is surrounding yourself with successful people
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systematically slaughter millions of innocent Jews and others. Latisha suggested that the atrocities were committed because the Germans had become unusually cruel‚ sadistic people with abnormal twisted personalities. Use your knowledge of the fundamental attribution error to highlight the weaknesses of Latisha’s reasoning and then propose an alternative explanation. Abraham Maslow suggested that “a person who is lacking food‚ love‚ and self-esteem would most likely hunger for food more strongly than anything
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another store‚ the same film processing errors occurred. What perception will Jasmine likely develop from this information? a. b. c. Jasmine will likely make an internal attribution about the new employee’s performance Jasmine will likely make a self-fulfilling prophecy error Jasmine will likely make an external attribution about the new employee’s performance 2.Which of the following is not included in emotional intelligence? a. b. c. d. understanding understanding understanding
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PSYC 221 Book Notes for Exam #1 Chapter 1 * Social Psychology-branch of psychology that seeks an understanding of how people affect and are affected by others. * Behaviorism- theoretical approach that seeks to explain behavior in terms of learning principles‚ without reference to inner states‚ thoughts‚ or feelings * Freudian Psychoanalysis-theoretical approach that seeks to explain behavior by looking at the unconscious forces inside the person * ABC Triad- Affect (how people feel
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Perception 6-4 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Person Perception: Attribution Theory Attribution Theory: Suggests that perceivers try to “attribute” the observed behavior to a type of cause: Internal – behavior is believed to be under the personal control of the individual External – the person is forced into the behavior by outside events/causes 6-5 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Determinants of Attribution Distinctiveness – whether an individual displays different behaviors
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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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