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WorksheetsSocial Psychology Attribution
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
When you credit internal factors for your success and blame external factors for your failure, you are doing ____.
Defensive attributions
Self-serving attributions
Correspondence bias
Perceptual salience
The tendency to explain someone's behaviour based on internal factors and underestimate the external factors is called:
Correspondence bias
Fundamental attribution error
Perceptual salience
The two-Step process of attribution
Chloe finishes second in a 100-meter sprint and wins the silver medal. However, Chloe is unhappy because she can’t stop thinking that she was so close to winning the gold medal.
Max on the other hand finishes third and wins a bronze medal. Max felt great and satisfied because she realized how close she came to finishing fourth and therefore not winning any medal. Chloe’s reactions reflect ____________________.
belief in a just world
self-serving attribution
counterfactual thinking
defensive attribution
Josuke is late to the Social Psychology class.
The consensus information is LOW when:
Everyone is late to the Social Psychology class.
Josuke is late to to the other class.
This is the first time Josuke is late to the Social Psychology class.
Josuke is the only one that is late to the Social Psychology class.
People are most likely to make_ ATTRIBUTION when consensus & distinctiveness are LOW but the consistency is HIGH.
OPTION:
internal
external
defensive
self-serving
(a)
The "fundamental attribution error" phenomenon can best be seen in which of the following examples
John blames his failure to get a job on his lack of appropriate skills and ill preparedness
Phyllis doesn't get the lead in the school play and blames her drama teacher for this failure.
Jane blames herself for forgetting that she has a term paper due in two days
Bill doesn't hire John bc he believes that John's lateness is a result of John's laziness & lack of respect for the job. In reality, John was late bc he got a flat tire on the way to the interview
Karen understands that her friend is late because she was caught in rush hour traffic.
Which of the following is the best definition of conformity?
A change in behaviour or belief toward a group as a result of real or imagined group pressure
A change in behaviour or belief as a result of direct pressure from a person in authority.
Change in behaviour or belief as a result of indirect pressure from a person in authority.
A change in behaviour or belief as a result of a direct request by someone with no authority.
The text defines social psychology as the scientific study of how people ________ one another.
understand, feel about, and behave toward
think about, influence, and relate to
observe, understand, and communicate with
understand, predict, and control
What is the difference between members of an in-group and an out-group?
Members of the in-group rely on members of the out-group for leadership.
Members of the in-group set the agenda that members of the out-group must follow.
Members of the in-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group.
Members of the in-group are constantly seeking to join the members of the out-group.
Which of the following best describes the concept of 'actor-observer bias' in social psychology?
A) The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors while attributing others' actions to internal factors
B) The tendency to attribute one's own actions to internal factors while attributing others' actions to external factors
C) The tendency to attribute both one's own and others' actions to external factors
D) The tendency to attribute both one's own and others' actions to internal factors
In the context of attribution theory, what does the term 'consensus' refer to?
A) The degree to which other people behave the same way in a similar situation
B) The degree to which the same person behaves the same way in different situations
C) The degree to which the same person behaves differently in different situations
D) The degree to which other people behave differently in a similar situation
What is the 'self-serving bias' in social psychology?
A) The tendency to attribute successes to internal factors and failures to external factors
B) The tendency to attribute successes to external factors and failures to internal factors
C) The tendency to attribute both successes and failures to internal factors
D) The tendency to attribute both successes and failures to external factors
Which of the following is an example of the 'fundamental attribution error'?
A) Assuming a student is lazy because they failed a test, without considering they might have been sick
B) Believing a student is intelligent because they passed a test, without considering they might have had extra tutoring
C) Assuming a student is hardworking because they passed a test, without considering they might have cheated
D) Believing a student is careless because they lost their homework, without considering they might have been distracted
What does the term 'distinctiveness' refer to in attribution theory?
A) The degree to which a person's behavior is different from others in similar situations
B) The degree to which a person's behavior is consistent across different situations
C) The degree to which a person's behavior is similar to others in different situations
D) The degree to which a person's behavior is unique to a particular situation
In social psychology, what is meant by 'perceptual salience'?
A) The tendency to focus on the most noticeable factors when explaining the causes of behavior
B) The tendency to focus on the least noticeable factors when explaining the causes of behavior
C) The tendency to focus equally on all factors when explaining the causes of behavior
D) The tendency to ignore noticeable factors when explaining the causes of behavior
