Attribution and Social Perception Quiz

Test your knowledge on attribution and social perception with questions covering internal and external factors in behavior analysis.

#1

Which term refers to the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal factors?

Fundamental Attribution Error
Self-Serving Bias
Actor-Observer Bias
Stereotyping
#2

In social perception, what is the term for the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal factors and our own behavior to external factors?

Self-Serving Bias
Actor-Observer Bias
Fundamental Attribution Error
Confirmation Bias
#3

According to the discounting principle, what happens to the impact of one cause when other plausible causes are present?

Increases
Remains unchanged
Decreases
Becomes irrelevant
#4

According to Kelley's Covariation Model, what does low consensus, low distinctiveness, and high consistency suggest in attribution?

Internal Attribution
External Attribution
No Attribution
Situational Attribution
#5

In social perception, what is the term for the tendency to attribute our successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Fundamental Attribution Error
Self-Serving Bias
Actor-Observer Bias
Confirmation Bias
#6

Which attribution theory suggests that people tend to make attributions based on three factors: consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency?

Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Attribution-Outcome Theory
Causal Attribution Theory
Covariation Model
#7

What is the term for the tendency to attribute one's own successes to internal factors and failures to external factors, while attributing others' successes to external factors and their failures to internal factors?

Fundamental Attribution Error
Self-Serving Bias
Actor-Observer Bias
Confirmation Bias
#8

In social psychology, what is the term for the tendency to attribute a person's behavior to their internal characteristics rather than considering external factors?

Social Perception Bias
Fundamental Attribution Error
Trait Attribution Effect
Situational Attribution Error
#9

What is the term for the tendency to attribute other people's behaviors to internal factors and our own behaviors to situational factors?

Fundamental Attribution Error
Self-Serving Bias
Actor-Observer Bias
Confirmation Bias
#10

According to Kelley's Covariation Model, what does high consensus, high distinctiveness, and high consistency suggest in attribution?

External Attribution
Internal Attribution
No Attribution
Situational Attribution
#11

Which term describes the tendency to attribute others' behavior to dispositional factors and one's own behavior to situational factors?

Fundamental Attribution Error
Self-Serving Bias
Actor-Observer Bias
Covariation Model
#12

According to the correspondent inference theory, which factor influences whether an action is attributed to dispositional or situational factors?

Consistency
Distinctiveness
Consensus
Fundamental Attribution Error

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