DAY 9: Attitudes and Attributions

Flashcards covering key concepts and terms related to attitudes, cognitive dissonance, and attributions from the lecture notes.

Attitude

An evaluative belief or judgment (good or bad) about a person or issue.

Cognitive Dissonance

Psychological tension from inconsistency between attitudes and behaviors.

Insufficient Justification

Changing attitudes to align with behaviors lacking external justification.

Fundamental Attribution Error

Attributing others' behavior to traits, but our own to situations.

Causal Attribution

Explaining a behavior's cause as internal (dispositional) or external (situational).

Confirmation Bias

Avoiding information that conflicts with pre-existing attitudes.

Insufficient Justification Effect

Attitude change when external justification for behavior is insufficient.

Counterattitudinal Behavior

Behavior inconsistent with existing attitudes, causing cognitive dissonance.