Swimming Upstream against the Fundamental Attribution Error: Subjects' Weak Generalizations from the Darley and Batson Study.

Pietromonaco, Paula R.; Nisbett, Richard E.

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Publication Date: 1982

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Swimming Upstream against the Fundamental Attribution Error: Subjects' Weak Generalizations from the Darley and Batson Study.

Pietromonaco, Paula R.; Nisbett, Richard E.

Social Behavior and Personality, v10 n1 p1-4 1982

Examined whether reading the Darley and Batson study served to change subjects' understanding of the determinants of helping, and if subjects would come to regard degree of hurry as an important predictor in similar helping situations. Found subjects predicting helping behavior in similar situations were influenced moderately by hurry. (RC)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Generalization, Helping Relationship, Higher Education, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables

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