ATTRIBUTE CASUALTY
1. Edward has a criminal record. Based on what you have learned about attribute casualty and trait inference, please explain in detail why automatically saying no to hiring Edward can cause some concern.
According to attribute casualty and trait inference, failing to hire Edward can cause some concern since his actions are not freely chosen and unexpected. Correspondent inference states that people make inferences about people only when their actions are freely chosen, resulting in a few desirable effects and are incredible. Based on the correspondent theory, people make correspondent inferences by reviewing the context of the behavior.
Accordingly, failing to hire Edward without inferring the context of Edward’s criminal act will, therefore, bring some concerns as this aspect is not considered. Again, the inferred characteristic is affected by the number of differences between the made choices and the previous alternatives (White, Schaller, & Norenzayan, 2019). This aspect is also not considered and, therefore, will also cause some concerns.
2. In what circumstances are you more likely to help someone who is in danger? How do you think cellphones have changed our behavior relating to helping?
When a storey building is on fire, assuming it is a third or fourth floor on fire, those on the other floors in the same building are in danger. The structure may weaken as a result of the fire, or the fire can also spread to other floors and cause injuries to others unaware. In this situation, I can help those on other floors to vacate from the building.
Cellphones have helped our behavior of helping both negatively and positively. On the positive side, it is easier to help those in danger faster and quickly by notifying the emergency services to come for rescue services. However, on the negative side, most people start taking pictures of an accident instead of giving first aid to the affected ones (van Dijl, Zebel, & Gutteling, 2019).
References
van Dijl, D. E., Zebel, S., & Gutteling, J. M. (2019). Integrating social media features into a cell phone alert system for emergency situations. Journal of contingencies and crisis management, 27(3), 214-223.
White, C., Schaller, M., & Norenzayan, A. (2019). How strongly do moral character inferences predict forecasts of the future? Testing the moderating roles of transgressor age, implicit personality theories, and belief in karma.
