Attribution

Question 1

Using behavior of others as a basis for inferring their stable traits is called?

Answer 1

Correspondence inference theory

Question 2

People’s behaviors are always consistent with their nature. True or false?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Acting under duress like “obey before complaints” saying in Ghana is a typical example of…

Answer 3

Correspondence inference theory

Question 4

Outcomes that will not be produced by any other act or apparent cause is called….

Answer 4

non-common effects

Question 5

Non common effects are caused by…

Answer 5

a specific factor not by any other

Question 6

Behaviors with unique non common effects results in weaker conclusions about an actor’s traits than behaviors with common effects. True or false?

Answer 6

false

Question 7

Choosing a marriage partner
1. Attractive, great personality, rich, madly inlove
2. Unattractive, great personality, rich, madly in love. How will you interpret this under non common effects?

Answer 7

Maybe for this person physical appearance is very important that they overlook the bad

Question 8

Behaviors that are expected of you is called ?

Answer 8

Perceived social desirability

Question 9

Greeting elderly people even when you don’t want to but it’s expected of you is a typical example of…

Answer 9

Perceived social desirability

Question 10

It is more difficult to deduce socially desirable behaviors, true or false?

Answer 10

true

Question 11

Behaviors that are a product of free choice does not yield correspondence inferences. True or false?

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Behaviors that are the result of constrained or limited choice do not yield correspondent inferences. True or false?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

A visitor picking alcoholic over non alcoholic drink. What can you deduce from this?

Answer 13

Fear of being judged

Question 14

A student who studies from the beginning of the semester will be known as…

Answer 14

studious

Question 15

A student who studies the night before an exams.

Answer 15

Not studious, being compelled because of the exam

Question 16

For something to be a cause of a particular behavior, it must be present when the behavior occurs and absent when it does not. What is this?

Answer 16

The covariation model

Question 17

Where cause and effect co vary is….

Answer 17

the covariation model

Question 18

The extent to which others react to an event in the same way is ….

Answer 18

consensus under the covariation model

Question 19

The extent to which a person reacts to the same event in the same way on other occasions is…

Answer 19

Consistency under the CVM

Question 20

The extent to which a person reacts the same way to different events at different times is

Answer 20

Distinctiveness in CVM

Question 21

The CVM theory predicts that one is most likely to attribute another person’s behavior to internal causes when….

Answer 21

consensus and distinctiveness are low but consistency is high

Question 22

Make attribution to external causes when….

Answer 22

consensus, consistency and distinctiveness are all high

Question 23

Attribute a person’s behavior to a combination of internal and external factors when …..

Answer 23

consensus is low but consistency and distinctiveness is high

Question 24

Who is a cognitive miser?

Answer 24

One who reserves their effort and cognitive ability only for unexpected behavior

Question 25

When consensus and distinctiveness is low but consistency is high we attribute a person’s behavior to ….

Answer 25

internal causes

Question 26

When consensus, consistency and distinctiveness are all high, we make attribution to…

Answer 26

external causes

Question 27

When consensus is low but consistency and distinctiveness are high we make attribution to…..

Answer 27

combination of internal and external factors

Question 28

The tendency to attach less importance to one potential cause of some behavior when other potential causes are also present is

Answer 28

discounting principle

Question 29

Discounting principle is also known as

Answer 29

subtraction rule

Question 30

Suppose you saw a husband slap his wife, at first glance you might conclude he’s abusive but should you learn that something bad the wife did, might change your mind. Under what context effect principle does this fall?

Answer 30

Discounting principle

Question 31

The tendency to attach greater importance to a potential cause of behavior if the behavior occurs despite the presence of other inhibitory causes is referred to as

Answer 31

augmenting principle

Question 32

Assaulting your spouse in the presence of her parents is a typical example of ?

Answer 32

Augmenting principle

Question 33

The tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional factors is

Answer 33

Fundamental attribution bias

Question 34

People tend to put more emphasis on internal explanation rather than considering circumstances, what type of attribution error is this?

Answer 34

Fundamental attribution bias

Question 35

You go to a party and one person comes off as unfriendly so you immediately conclude they’re just unfriendly or a jerk but when you find out they lost their mom then your stance about them changes. What type of error is this?

Answer 35

Fundamental attribution bias

Question 36

In a western society and non western society, where is FAB more prevalent?

Answer 36

the former

Question 37

The tendency to attribute our own behavior to situational causes but that of others to internal causes is

Answer 37

Actor-observer effect

Question 38

The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to internal causes but negative outcomes to external factors is

Answer 38

Self serving bias

Question 39

Where one makes excuses for their family, church, political parties, friends among others but finds everything wrong with other people’s groups is called

Answer 39

in group bias