Social Cognition- Causal Attributions

Question 1

Causal Attributions

Answer 1

inferences people draw about causes of their own behaviors and behaviors of others.

Question 2

fundamental attribution error

Answer 2

tendency to overestimate the role of dispositional factors and underestimate situational factors.

Question 3

Actor-Observer Effect

Answer 3

Attributions we make about ourselves and others. Attribute our own behaviors to situation and others to dispositional

Question 4

Self-Serving Bias

Answer 4

Attributions we make about ourselves. good outcome to dispositional, bad outcome to situational

Question 5

Ultimate Attribution Error

Answer 5

attributions about members of entire groups

Question 6

Group Attribution Error

Answer 6

made about groups and its members

Question 7

Kelley’s Covariation model

Answer 7

people make attributions about others by considering consensus(would others do the same),, consistency (is this usual behavior for the situation), and distinctiveness (usual to act different in other situations)