According to the fundamental attribution error, individuals tend to attribute others' behaviors more to _______ rather than ________.
Situational factors; dispositional factors
Dispositional factors; situational factors
Cognitive factors; emotional factors
Emotional factors; cognitive factors
#2
Which theory suggests that people explain others' behavior by attributing it to either dispositional factors or situational factors?
Social cognitive theory
Theory of planned behavior
Attribution theory
Social identity theory
#3
What does the term 'attribution' refer to in social psychology?
The process of assigning meaning to sensory information
The tendency to conform to a group's norms
The process of explaining the causes of behavior
The mental process of categorizing people into groups
#4
Which term describes the tendency to view one's ethnic or cultural group as superior to others?
Ethnocentrism
Prejudice
Stereotyping
Discrimination
#5
What is the term used to describe the tendency for individuals to exert less effort in a group setting due to a diffusion of responsibility?
Social loafing
Group polarization
Deindividuation
Groupthink
#6
Which term refers to the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?
Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
Confirmation bias
Stereotyping
#7
Which of the following is an example of a situational attribution?
Believing someone is lazy because they were born into a wealthy family
Attributing a person's aggressiveness to their personality
Explaining a student's poor performance on a test by saying the test was particularly difficult
Thinking someone is selfish because they are an only child
#8
Which term describes the tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional factors and underestimate the influence of situational factors when explaining other people's behavior?
Self-serving bias
Actor-observer bias
False consensus effect
Halo effect
#9
Which concept refers to the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal causes while attributing our own behavior to external causes?
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Social facilitation
Self-serving bias
Reciprocal determinism
#10
Which term refers to the tendency to judge individuals based on stereotypes and generalizations about their group?
Fundamental attribution error
Stereotype threat
Implicit bias
Ethnocentrism
#11
According to Kelley's covariation model, which factor is NOT considered when making attributions?
Consistency
Distinctiveness
Controllability
Consensus
#12
What does the term 'just-world hypothesis' suggest about people's beliefs?
People deserve the outcomes they get
Randomness governs life's outcomes
Life is inherently unfair
Success is determined solely by effort
#13
What does the term 'pluralistic ignorance' describe in social psychology?
The tendency for individuals to conform to group norms in order to fit in
The false belief that one's private thoughts are unique when they are actually shared by others
The assumption that everyone else is feeling confident and knowledgeable, leading individuals to stay silent in a group
The tendency to attribute others' behavior to dispositional factors while attributing one's own behavior to situational factors