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Attribution and Social Perception Quiz

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#1

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

Fundamental Attribution Error
Explanation

Overemphasizing internal factors in explaining others' behavior.

#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?

Actor-Observer Bias
Explanation

Blaming others' behavior on their personality while attributing our own to circumstances.

#3

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

Decreases
Explanation

Attribution to one cause decreases when other possible causes exist.

#4

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

Internal Attribution
Explanation

Attributing behavior to internal causes when it's consistent across situations and others.

#5

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

Self-Serving Bias
Explanation

Taking credit for success but blaming external factors for failure.

#6

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

Covariation Model
Explanation

Attributing behavior based on observed patterns in consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency.

#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?

Self-Serving Bias
Explanation

Taking credit for success but blaming external factors for failure, opposite for others.

#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?

Fundamental Attribution Error
Explanation

Overestimating personality factors, underestimating situational factors in behavior attribution.

#9

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

Actor-Observer Bias
Explanation

Blaming others' behavior on their personality while attributing our own to circumstances.

#10

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

Internal Attribution
Explanation

Attributing behavior to internal causes when it's consistent across situations and others.

#11

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

Actor-Observer Bias
Explanation

Blaming others' behavior on their personality while attributing our own to circumstances.

#12

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

Consistency
Explanation

The degree to which behavior matches expectations influences attribution.

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