EPPP UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

actor-observer effect - ANS the tendency for an observer to overestimate the effects of distributional factors when making attributions about an individual's behavior but to overestimate the effects of situational factors when making self-attributions attitude inoculation - ANS a technique used to make people immune to attempts to change their attitude by first exposing them to small arguments against their position autokinetic effect - ANS Sherif - illusion, caused by very slight movements of the eye, that a stationary point of light in a dark room is moving, a study about conformity to group norms balance theory (P-O-X theory; Heider) - ANS Uses the principle of cognitive consistency to explain attitude change and focuses on the relations among three entities p - person, o - another person, and x - another person, idea, event, or objec