Psychology B Week 2 Live

An attitude is defined as.....

• When I sass my Mom

• How I feel about a situation

• What I think about the behavior of others

• A way of thinking or feeling about something that is reflected in a person's behavior

The element of attitude that explains how attitude affects the way we act is called....

When compared to Distributional Attribution, situational attribution is more likely to occur when?

• When explaining my friend's behavior

• When explaining my own behavior

• When explaining how I feel

• When explaining what I think

An example of a social influence that could affect a person's attitude is.....

• They were raised in a different country

• They went to college or university

• They watched a wife slap her cheating husband in a drama on TV

• They watch Fox News

True or False:

People are more likely to believe someone about a topic if they are more attractive than the average person.

• True

• False

Analyze why people are so quick to make the mistake of the Fundamental Attribution Error. AKA, why do you think we blame people's negative traits on their personality instead of the situation?