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Social Psychology book cover
Social Psychology, 7/e
David G Myers, Hope College
Social Beliefs and Judgments

Learning Objectives

After completing your study of this chapter you should be able to:

1.

Identify the assumptions, questions, and general findings of attribution theory.

2.

Define the fundamental attribution error and explain why it occurs.

3.

Show how our preconceptions control our interpretations and memories.

4.

Illustrate and explain the overconfidence phenomenon.

5.

Describe the representativeness and availability heuristics.

6.

Illustrate the illusions of correlation and personal control.

7.

Describe how our moods affect our judgments.

8.

Describe how our erroneous beliefs may generate their own reality.








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