Social Psychology - Lecture 4 - Part 4 - Attributional Biases

In this video, we examine attributional biases, which are cognitive shortcuts that impact our judgments of others. You’ll learn about biases like the fundamental attribution error, where we overemphasize personal factors, and the availability heuristic, which leads us to judge based on easily recalled examples. We also discuss the false-consensus effect, counterfactual thinking, actor-observer bias, and more. These biases reveal the complexities of social perception and how they shape our interactions.

Table of Contents:
- Cognitive Heuristics: Introduction to mental shortcuts that save time but can introduce bias.
- Fundamental Attribution Error: Learn about the tendency to overestimate personal factors in others' behaviors.
- Availability Heuristic: Discover how easily recalled examples can skew our judgment of events' likelihood.
- False-Consensus Effect: Understand the tendency to overestimate how much others share our beliefs.
- Base-Rate Fallacy: Explore how we often ignore statistical information in favor of subjective data.
- Counterfactual Thinking: See how imagining alternative outcomes affects our emotions.
- Actor-Observer Bias: Learn how we attribute our actions to situations but others' actions to personality.
- In-Group Bias and Wishful Seeing: Understand how we favor those similar to us and see what we want to see.
- Belief in a Just World: Discover why people often blame others for their misfortunes.

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Produced by Amy Quarton

References:
Kassin, S., Fein, S., & Markus, H. (2015). Social psychology (10th ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning.

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