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Question 1

Internal Attribution:

Answer 1

etwas auf die Person schieben, niche auf situation

Question 2

Over-justification effect

Answer 2

… extrinsic reward leads to a reduction in a person’s intrinsic motivation.

you were originally intrinsically motivated, once you were paid a salary (an extrinsic reward), your intrinsic motivation started to decline.

Question 3

Self discrepancy theory

Answer 3

Higgins’s theory about the consequences of making actual – ideal 
and actual – ‘ought’ self-comparisons that reveal self-discrepancies.

Question 4

Actor observer effect

Answer 4

Tendency to attribute our own behaviours externally and others’ behaviours internally.

Question 5

Social comparison (theory)

Answer 5

Comparing our behaviours and opinions with those of others in order to establish the correct or socially approved way of thinking and behaving.

Question 6

nach unten vergleichen

Answer 6

Downward comparison

Question 7

Frustration aggression theory

Answer 7

Theory that all frustration leads to aggression, and all aggression comes from frustration. Used to explain prejudice and intergroup aggression.

Question 8

Confirmation Bias

Answer 8

a tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions, leading to statistical errors

Question 9

Relative Deprivation

Answer 9

A feeling of personally having less than we feel we are entitled to, relative to our aspirations or to other individuals

Question 10

Fundamental attribution Error

Answer 10

Bias in attributing another’s behaviour more to internal than to situational causes (-> racism external factor)

Question 11

Self serving bias

Answer 11

Attributional distortions that protect or enhance self-esteem or the self-concept.

It’s not me it’s the machine, it’s the computer …