Chapter 4

Question 1

Which reflects the primary question underlying the correspondent inference theory?

Answer 1

Does an observer infer that an actor’s behavior is consistent with the actor’s personality?

Question 2

Everyone you know seems to love the TV show The Apprentice. You’re a huge fan of reality TV as well, as you never miss an episode of The Amazing Race, American Idol, or Project Runway. But every time you watch The Apprentice, you have the same reaction: you hate it with a passion. According to Kelley’s (1967) covariation theory of attribution, your dislike of this show would be​

Answer 2

low in consensus, high in distinctiveness, and high in consistency.

Question 3

Charice’s boyfriend is late for their date. Charice believes this is because he is thoughtless and self-centered. Charice is making a(n) ____ attribution.​

Answer 3

personal

Question 4

Sophia voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. She believes that approximately 90 percent of college students also voted for Obama, when in reality that number is much lower. Sophia’s overestimation is consistent with the

Answer 4

false-consensus effect

Question 5

The tendency to mentally undo events or to ask “What if…?” is called​

Answer 5

counterfactual thinking