Social Psychology: Attribution Processes

Question 1

We tend to give casual explanation for someone’s behavior

Answer 1

Attribution

Question 2

One that holds an individual responsible for their behavior

Answer 2

Disposition Attribution

Question 3

One that looks at factors from the environment to explain why someone acts the way that they do

Answer 3

Situational Attribution

Question 4

Initial understanding that a person has positive or negative traits it used to infer positively/negative characteristics

Answer 4

Halo Effect

Question 5

We attribute our achievements and successes to personal stable causes and our failure to situational factors

Answer 5

Self-Serving Bias

Question 6

Tendency to underestimate the impact of situational factors and overestimate the impact of personal factors when stating why someone acts the way they do

Answer 6

Fundamental Attribution Error

Question 7

Believe that people get what they deserve

Answer 7

Just-World Hypothesis

Question 8

Let our preconceived expectations of other influence how we treat them and bring about the behavior we thought come true

Answer 8

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Question 9

Bloor Study is called what?

Answer 9

Rosenthal Effect

Question 10

Teachers were told what students were expected to be smart and they treated them differently

Answer 10

Rosenthal Effect

Question 11

First impression

Answer 11

Primacy Effect

Question 12

Change first impression due to new evidence

Answer 12

Recency Effect

Question 13

Incorrect inference about behavior

Answer 13

Misattribution

Question 14

Tendency to believe that they are more similar to others attitudes than to what they are

Answer 14

False Concensus Effect

Question 15

Tendency to underestimate the extent to which they are similar to others

Answer 15

False Uniqueness Effect

Question 16

Tendency for people to discount the likelihood of one cause for behavior when they are strongly aware of another cause

Answer 16

Discounting

Question 17

Mental Schema society attributes uncritically to different groups

Answer 17

Sterotypes

Question 18

Unjustified negative attitude an individual has for another based solely on that person’s membership in a group

Answer 18

Prejudice

Question 19

Prejudice is often used bias or stereotypes often causes by what 2 things?

Answer 19

Social Learning
Motivational Theory

Question 20

Occurs when prejudice attitudes result in unjustified behavior towards members of that group

Answer 20

Discriminaiton

Question 21

When our self-worth is in doubt or jeopardy, we become frustrated and find others to blame

Answer 21

Scapegoat Theory

Question 22

Basic belief that our culture is superior to others

Answer 22

Ethnocentrism

Question 23

Ethnocentrism leads to what to what belief system based on limited information about others

Answer 23

In Group
Out Group

Question 24

Proposes that equal status contact between antagonistic groups should lower tensions and increase harmony

Answer 24

Contact Theory

Question 25

Used by Social Psychologist to offer a solution to group conflicts

Answer 25

Contact Theory

Question 26

Split 20 boys into 2 groups and allowed them to bond and engaged in competitive games

Answer 26

Two Contact Theory Studies

Question 27

Two Contact Theory Studies created what goal

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Superordinate

Question 28

Shared goals that override differences among individuals

Answer 28

Superordinate

Question 29

Integration of Mexican American students into Texas PS

Answer 29

Jigsaw Classroom

Question 30

Sterotypes disappeared and self concept and performance impoves

Answer 30

Jigsaw Classroom

Question 31

Framework that provides and understanding for how to strike balance between cooperation and competition

Answer 31

Prisoner’s Dilemma

Question 32

Can be useful in strategic Decision-Making

Answer 32

Prisoner’s Dilemma