LAST BLOG OF PSYCHOLOGY!!!! :D

This is sadly going to be my last blog for psychology. I'm going to take a dive back into chapter 13 in honor of this blog. Everyone knows that there were times that we wanted to use the defense mechanism repression in this class (just joking). I know that this is going to be one of those memories that I'm not going to repress. By the memory I wont repress, I mean the one of me finishing this final blog and final exam, which will mark the completion of my first college course. Because this is such a difficult thing to accept, being on the last few days of psychology and all that. I think that I might end up going into regression. So Bethany, if I start sucking my thumb soon you'll know why.
Psychology has helped me understand the world a lot better and has helped me view it differently than before. With the memory and sleep chapters, I have found better ways to study and actually remember what I did the night before.

second to last blog :)

This article that I read was about people basking in the reflected glory of others. In other words, it's about how people glow because of other's good news or get upset or angry by other's bad news. I found it interesting that after a sports game in either high school, college, or professional are spoke of differently. When the team people are cheering for wins, they say "WE WON!!" but if the team they are cheering for lost, they would say "they lost" losing the we and replacing it with a they, not being apart of the actual team as it would seem in the first example 'we won'. This is most likely because people wanted to be associated with people and things that do well so it will make them look better than what they do. That is also why people tend to act indifferent when their favorite teams lose, because they don't want to be thought bad of.

Chapter 16 blog

Attribution

· What is the process of attribution? The process of attribution is when we look at someone and create a theory as to why someone is behaving in a certain way or looking a certain way by giving credit to either the situation the person is in or their disposition.

· What is the fundamental attribution error? The fundamental attribution error is when we overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate the influence of the situations people are in. Like if you were to meet a person and they seemed rude, it might not be because they are a rude person like we may thing, it might be because they are just having a bad day.

Stereotyping in Everyday Life

· What are stereotypes? Stereotypes are generalized beliefs about a group of people, which are sometimes accurate but is often over generalized.

· How are illusory correlations related to stereotyping? Illusory correlation is the perception of a relationship where none exists. When we stereotype a person or a group, we automatically assume that they act a certain way or eat only a certain type of food. Many times stereotypes are made from illusory correlations. With the imaginary correlation of a group of people it creates a stereotype that keeps on building.