social cognition

Question 1

theories of attribution - naïve scientist

Answer 1

Heider, 1958 - stable, coherent view, control over the environment, internal vs external factors

Question 2

theories of attribution - attributional theory

Answer 2

Weiner, 1979 - causality of success or failure
Parker et al , 2018 - university athletes - prone to difficult randomised control trials
attributional training or waitlist control

Question 3

theories of attribution - correspondent interference

Answer 3

Jones and Davis, 1965 - cues are freely chosen but not desirable

Question 4

theories of attribution - covariation model

Answer 4

Kelley, 1967 - multiple observations for covarying factors
- low consistency
- high distinctiveness
- high consensus

Question 5

attribution biases - false consensus

Answer 5

Ross et al, 1977 - advertise, salience of own opinion and self esteem maintenance

Question 6

attribution biases - fundamental attribution error

Answer 6

correspondence bias - overestimate influence of personality traits

Question 7

attribution biases - actor observer bias

Answer 7

Jones and Nisbett, 1972 - attribute own behaviour to external factors but attribute others to internal factors

Question 8

attribution biases - self serving bias

Answer 8

Olson and Ross, 1988 - maintenance of self esteem, protect own bias

Attribute their successes to internal factors
Blame failures on external factors

Question 9

attribution heuristics

Answer 9

Tversky and Kahneman, 1974 - cognitive shortcuts - availability, representative, anchoring/ adjustment