PSYC 2600 EXAM (CH. 4, 5, 7) QUESTIONS
AND WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A+
consensus - ANSWER - The extent to which other people behave the
same way toward the same stimulus as the actor does - do other people
behave that way in that situation?
distinctiveness - ANSWER - the extent to which a particular actor
behaves in the same way toward different stimuli - does the person's
behavior occur only in this situation?
,if consistency, consensus, and distinctiveness are high - ANSWER - we
tend to make external attributions
if consistency is high but consensus and distinctiveness are low -
ANSWER - we tend to make internal attributions
external attribution - ANSWER - The inference that a person is
behaving a certain way because of something about the situation he or
she is in, with the assumption that most people would respond the
same way in that situation
fundamental attribution error - ANSWER - The tendency to
overestimate the extent to which other people's behavior results from
internal, dispositional factors and to underestimate the role of
situational factors
attributional patterns - ANSWER - if there is little data, we tend to
make internal attributions; if there is data, it depends on environment-
behavior consistency
internal attribution - ANSWER - The inference that a person is behaving
in a certain way because of something about the person,such as
attitude, character, or personality
, perceptual salience - ANSWER - The seeming importance of
information that is the focus of people's attention
self-serving attributions - ANSWER - Explanations for one's successes
that credit internal, dispositional factors and explanations for one's
failures that blame external, situational factors
when do we make self-serving attributions - ANSWER - place causality
where it does you the most good, when our self esteem is threatened,
when we fail and feel we can't improve (external), when we fail and feel
we can improve (internal)
social perception - ANSWER - The study of how we form impressions of
and make inferences about other people
error of 2-step attribution process - ANSWER - we often don't adjust
enough in the second step (bc 1st step occurs quickly but 2nd step
requires effort and conscious attention) so we make internal
attributions to the extreme
2-step attribution process - ANSWER - characterization and correction -
analyzing another person's behavior first by making an automatic
internal attribution and only then thinking about possible situational
AND WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A+
consensus - ANSWER - The extent to which other people behave the
same way toward the same stimulus as the actor does - do other people
behave that way in that situation?
distinctiveness - ANSWER - the extent to which a particular actor
behaves in the same way toward different stimuli - does the person's
behavior occur only in this situation?
,if consistency, consensus, and distinctiveness are high - ANSWER - we
tend to make external attributions
if consistency is high but consensus and distinctiveness are low -
ANSWER - we tend to make internal attributions
external attribution - ANSWER - The inference that a person is
behaving a certain way because of something about the situation he or
she is in, with the assumption that most people would respond the
same way in that situation
fundamental attribution error - ANSWER - The tendency to
overestimate the extent to which other people's behavior results from
internal, dispositional factors and to underestimate the role of
situational factors
attributional patterns - ANSWER - if there is little data, we tend to
make internal attributions; if there is data, it depends on environment-
behavior consistency
internal attribution - ANSWER - The inference that a person is behaving
in a certain way because of something about the person,such as
attitude, character, or personality
, perceptual salience - ANSWER - The seeming importance of
information that is the focus of people's attention
self-serving attributions - ANSWER - Explanations for one's successes
that credit internal, dispositional factors and explanations for one's
failures that blame external, situational factors
when do we make self-serving attributions - ANSWER - place causality
where it does you the most good, when our self esteem is threatened,
when we fail and feel we can't improve (external), when we fail and feel
we can improve (internal)
social perception - ANSWER - The study of how we form impressions of
and make inferences about other people
error of 2-step attribution process - ANSWER - we often don't adjust
enough in the second step (bc 1st step occurs quickly but 2nd step
requires effort and conscious attention) so we make internal
attributions to the extreme
2-step attribution process - ANSWER - characterization and correction -
analyzing another person's behavior first by making an automatic
internal attribution and only then thinking about possible situational
