Attribution Flashcards
Using behavior of others as a basis for inferring their stable traits is called?
Correspondence inference theory
People’s behaviors are always consistent with their nature. True or false?
False
Acting under duress like “obey before complaints” saying in Ghana is a typical example of…
Correspondence inference theory
Outcomes that will not be produced by any other act or apparent cause is called….
non-common effects
Non common effects are caused by…
a specific factor not by any other
Behaviors with unique non common effects results in weaker conclusions about an actor’s traits than behaviors with common effects. True or false?
false
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?
Maybe for this person physical appearance is very important that they overlook the bad
Behaviors that are expected of you is called ?
Perceived social desirability
Greeting elderly people even when you don’t want to but it’s expected of you is a typical example of…
Perceived social desirability
It is more difficult to deduce socially desirable behaviors, true or false?
true
Behaviors that are a product of free choice does not yield correspondence inferences. True or false?
False
Behaviors that are the result of constrained or limited choice do not yield correspondent inferences. True or false?
True
A visitor picking alcoholic over non alcoholic drink. What can you deduce from this?
Fear of being judged
A student who studies from the beginning of the semester will be known as…
studious
A student who studies the night before an exams.
Not studious, being compelled because of the exam
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?
The covariation model
Where cause and effect co vary is….
the covariation model
The extent to which others react to an event in the same way is ….
consensus under the covariation model
The extent to which a person reacts to the same event in the same way on other occasions is…
Consistency under the CVM
The extent to which a person reacts the same way to different events at different times is
Distinctiveness in CVM
The CVM theory predicts that one is most likely to attribute another person’s behavior to internal causes when….
consensus and distinctiveness are low but consistency is high
Make attribution to external causes when….
consensus, consistency and distinctiveness are all high
Attribute a person’s behavior to a combination of internal and external factors when …..
consensus is low but consistency and distinctiveness is high
Who is a cognitive miser?
One who reserves their effort and cognitive ability only for unexpected behavior
When consensus and distinctiveness is low but consistency is high we attribute a person’s behavior to ….
internal causes
When consensus, consistency and distinctiveness are all high, we make attribution to…
external causes
When consensus is low but consistency and distinctiveness are high we make attribution to…..
combination of internal and external factors
The tendency to attach less importance to one potential cause of some behavior when other potential causes are also present is
discounting principle
Discounting principle is also known as
subtraction rule
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?
Discounting principle
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
augmenting principle
Assaulting your spouse in the presence of her parents is a typical example of ?
Augmenting principle
The tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional factors is
Fundamental attribution bias
People tend to put more emphasis on internal explanation rather than considering circumstances, what type of attribution error is this?
Fundamental attribution bias
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?
Fundamental attribution bias
In a western society and non western society, where is FAB more prevalent?
the former
The tendency to attribute our own behavior to situational causes but that of others to internal causes is
Actor-observer effect
The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to internal causes but negative outcomes to external factors is
Self serving bias
Where one makes excuses for their family, church, political parties, friends among others but finds everything wrong with other people’s groups is called
in group bias
