Attribution Flashcards

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1
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Using behavior of others as a basis for inferring their stable traits is called?

A

Correspondence inference theory

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2
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People’s behaviors are always consistent with their nature. True or false?

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False

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Acting under duress like “obey before complaints” saying in Ghana is a typical example of…

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Correspondence inference theory

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4
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Outcomes that will not be produced by any other act or apparent cause is called….

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non-common effects

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Non common effects are caused by…

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a specific factor not by any other

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Behaviors with unique non common effects results in weaker conclusions about an actor’s traits than behaviors with common effects. True or false?

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false

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7
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Choosing a marriage partner
1. Attractive, great personality, rich, madly inlove
2. Unattractive, great personality, rich, madly in love. How will you interpret this under non common effects?

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Maybe for this person physical appearance is very important that they overlook the bad

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Behaviors that are expected of you is called ?

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Perceived social desirability

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Greeting elderly people even when you don’t want to but it’s expected of you is a typical example of…

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Perceived social desirability

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It is more difficult to deduce socially desirable behaviors, true or false?

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true

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Behaviors that are a product of free choice does not yield correspondence inferences. True or false?

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False

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Behaviors that are the result of constrained or limited choice do not yield correspondent inferences. True or false?

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True

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A visitor picking alcoholic over non alcoholic drink. What can you deduce from this?

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Fear of being judged

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A student who studies from the beginning of the semester will be known as…

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studious

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A student who studies the night before an exams.

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Not studious, being compelled because of the exam

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For something to be a cause of a particular behavior, it must be present when the behavior occurs and absent when it does not. What is this?

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The covariation model

17
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Where cause and effect co vary is….

A

the covariation model

18
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The extent to which others react to an event in the same way is ….

A

consensus under the covariation model

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The extent to which a person reacts to the same event in the same way on other occasions is…

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Consistency under the CVM

20
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The extent to which a person reacts the same way to different events at different times is

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Distinctiveness in CVM

21
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The CVM theory predicts that one is most likely to attribute another person’s behavior to internal causes when….

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consensus and distinctiveness are low but consistency is high

22
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Make attribution to external causes when….

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consensus, consistency and distinctiveness are all high

23
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Attribute a person’s behavior to a combination of internal and external factors when …..

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consensus is low but consistency and distinctiveness is high

24
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Who is a cognitive miser?

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One who reserves their effort and cognitive ability only for unexpected behavior

25
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When consensus and distinctiveness is low but consistency is high we attribute a person’s behavior to ….

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internal causes

26
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When consensus, consistency and distinctiveness are all high, we make attribution to…

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external causes

27
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When consensus is low but consistency and distinctiveness are high we make attribution to…..

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combination of internal and external factors

28
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The tendency to attach less importance to one potential cause of some behavior when other potential causes are also present is

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discounting principle

29
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Discounting principle is also known as

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subtraction rule

30
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Suppose you saw a husband slap his wife, at first glance you might conclude he’s abusive but should you learn that something bad the wife did, might change your mind. Under what context effect principle does this fall?

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Discounting principle

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The tendency to attach greater importance to a potential cause of behavior if the behavior occurs despite the presence of other inhibitory causes is referred to as

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augmenting principle

32
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Assaulting your spouse in the presence of her parents is a typical example of ?

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Augmenting principle

33
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The tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional factors is

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Fundamental attribution bias

34
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People tend to put more emphasis on internal explanation rather than considering circumstances, what type of attribution error is this?

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Fundamental attribution bias

35
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You go to a party and one person comes off as unfriendly so you immediately conclude they’re just unfriendly or a jerk but when you find out they lost their mom then your stance about them changes. What type of error is this?

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Fundamental attribution bias

36
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In a western society and non western society, where is FAB more prevalent?

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the former

37
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The tendency to attribute our own behavior to situational causes but that of others to internal causes is

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Actor-observer effect

38
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The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to internal causes but negative outcomes to external factors is

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Self serving bias

39
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Where one makes excuses for their family, church, political parties, friends among others but finds everything wrong with other people’s groups is called

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in group bias