the power of the situation

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what is personality and how does it relate to social psychology?

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personality is traits people acquire

both have an influence on behavior

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what is the power of the situation?

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the situation overwhelms prior norms and behavioral expectations, the behavior becomes acceptable (social norm), most people want to fit in (conformity pressure)

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1. What happened in Milgram (1961) and how was it a demonstration of the power of the situation?

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participants were pressured to apply increasingly strong and dangerous shocks to a participant in another room

the power of the situation got 2/3 participants to act in a way they wouldn't normally

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1. What is Lewin’s equation?

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behavior is a function of (caused by)... P: your personality traits

E: your social environment

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what is an attribution?

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causes of others behavior

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what is an internal attribution?

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personality

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what is an external attribution?

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the situation and not caused by their personality

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what is the fundamental attribution error?

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the tendency to explain other people's behavior entirely in terms of personality traits

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why should we avoid making the fundamental attribution error?

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it leads to misunderstandings about the causes of behavior