Types of Attribution
Human beings often speculate as to the causes of others behavior. Explain how cognitive and motivational factors can cause people to be biased when making attributions. What are some of the social and individual consequences of the types of attributions they make?
MUST USE THE SOURCES BELOW: Read Chapters 2-4 in Social Psychology. URL: https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/pearson/2016/social-psychology_ebook_14e.php Read Cognitive Dissonance in Groups by McKimmie from Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2015). URL: https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2015-15290-004&site=ehost-live&scope=site Read I Want to be Like You: Self-Regulation in the Development of the Social Self by Matschke & Sassenberg from Social Psychology (2012). URL:
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