Which term refers to the tendency to attribute one's own behavior to external, situational factors, while attributing others' behavior to internal, dispositional factors?
Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
Actor-observer bias
Confirmation bias
#2
In social psychology, what does the term 'attribution' refer to?
The process of assigning a cause to behavior
The process of mimicking another's actions
The process of forming impressions of others
The process of changing one's behavior in response to social pressure
#3
According to Fritz Heider, what are the two types of attributions individuals make to explain events?
Internal and external attributions
Stable and unstable attributions
Controllable and uncontrollable attributions
Positive and negative attributions
#4
Which theory suggests that people have a need to explain the causes of behavior and will attribute causes to events based on three factors: consensus, consistency, and distinctiveness?
Elaboration likelihood model
Social identity theory
Attribution theory
Self-determination theory
#5
Which term describes the tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional influences on others' behavior and underestimate the impact of situational influences?
Actor-observer bias
Confirmation bias
False consensus effect
Fundamental attribution error
#6
Which term describes the tendency for individuals to make attributions about their own behavior based on observations of their own behavior in similar situations in the past?
Self-serving bias
Self-concept
Self-perception theory
Self-schema
#7
Which attributional bias refers to the tendency to attribute our own success to internal factors and our failures to external factors?
Self-serving bias
Actor-observer bias
False consensus effect
Just-world hypothesis
#8
Which concept refers to the tendency for people to take personal credit for success but blame failure on external factors?
Self-serving bias
Stereotype threat
Social loafing
Group polarization
#9
According to the covariation model, which factor is used to determine whether the behavior is due to internal or external causes?