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

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 situa...

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Published inSocial Behavior and Personality Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 1
Main Authors Pietromonaco, Paula R, Nisbett, Richard E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1982
Subjects
Attribution Theory
Beliefs
Cognitive Processes
College Students
Generalization
Helping Relationship
Higher Education
Personality Traits
Predictor Variables
Situational Variables
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Summary: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)