PY 101 Quiz 5
Attribution - correct answer ✔is the process by which individuals explain the
causes of behavior and events.
Internal attribution - correct answer ✔due to a person's characteristics
External Attribution - correct answer ✔due to situational variables
Fundamental attribution error - correct answer ✔is our tendency to explain
someone's behaviour based on internal factors, such as personality or
disposition, and to underestimate the influence that external factors, such as
situational influences, have on another person's behaviour.
ultimate attribution error - correct answer ✔is a group-level attribution error
that offers an explanation for how one person views different causes of
negative and positive behaviour in in group and out group members.
Actor-observer effect - correct answer ✔that refers to a tendency to attribute
one's own actions to external causes, while attributing other people's
behaviours to internal causes.
Self-serving bias - correct answer ✔is people's tendency to attribute positive
events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors
Cognitive Dissonance Theory - correct answer ✔Behavior-attitude
inconsistency causes distress
• Possible threat to positive self-concept
•Dissonance reduction comes from changing attitudes
, • Easier than changing behaviors
The Elaboration Likelihood Mode - correct answer ✔• Peripheral route
(persuasion cues) • Central route (quality of arguments)
Yale Attitude Change Approach - correct answer ✔What factors influence
the persuasiveness of a message?
Credibility of the speaker
Physical attractiveness of the speaker
Subtlety (being important but not obvious)
Sidedness (having more than one side)
Whether both sides are presented
attention
Self-esteem Intelligence
Age (18-25 more persuadable)
Group Processes - correct answer ✔Pitfalls in group processes
•Groupthink •Social loafing
Classic Social Psychology Experiments - correct answer ✔•Stanford Prison
Experiment •Milgram's Obedience Experiment •Asch Experiment •Festinger's
Cognitive Dissonance Experiment
Women interpersonal attraction - correct answer ✔value a partner's
intelligence more, more influenced by potential men's economic and social
status
Attribution - correct answer ✔is the process by which individuals explain the
causes of behavior and events.
Internal attribution - correct answer ✔due to a person's characteristics
External Attribution - correct answer ✔due to situational variables
Fundamental attribution error - correct answer ✔is our tendency to explain
someone's behaviour based on internal factors, such as personality or
disposition, and to underestimate the influence that external factors, such as
situational influences, have on another person's behaviour.
ultimate attribution error - correct answer ✔is a group-level attribution error
that offers an explanation for how one person views different causes of
negative and positive behaviour in in group and out group members.
Actor-observer effect - correct answer ✔that refers to a tendency to attribute
one's own actions to external causes, while attributing other people's
behaviours to internal causes.
Self-serving bias - correct answer ✔is people's tendency to attribute positive
events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors
Cognitive Dissonance Theory - correct answer ✔Behavior-attitude
inconsistency causes distress
• Possible threat to positive self-concept
•Dissonance reduction comes from changing attitudes
, • Easier than changing behaviors
The Elaboration Likelihood Mode - correct answer ✔• Peripheral route
(persuasion cues) • Central route (quality of arguments)
Yale Attitude Change Approach - correct answer ✔What factors influence
the persuasiveness of a message?
Credibility of the speaker
Physical attractiveness of the speaker
Subtlety (being important but not obvious)
Sidedness (having more than one side)
Whether both sides are presented
attention
Self-esteem Intelligence
Age (18-25 more persuadable)
Group Processes - correct answer ✔Pitfalls in group processes
•Groupthink •Social loafing
Classic Social Psychology Experiments - correct answer ✔•Stanford Prison
Experiment •Milgram's Obedience Experiment •Asch Experiment •Festinger's
Cognitive Dissonance Experiment
Women interpersonal attraction - correct answer ✔value a partner's
intelligence more, more influenced by potential men's economic and social
status
