Exam 10: Cognitive Motivation: Attribution Approaches

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic assumptions of attribution theory?

A student fails a test. If we say the reason the student failed was that the test was unfair, we are making a _____ attribution.

Tom had an argument with his instructor. He has had arguments with other instructors in the past. No one else argues with this instructor. And he has argued with this instructor in the past. According to Kelley's attribution theory, this suggests a _____ attribution.

For Heider, _____ include abilities and motivation, whereas _____ include task difficulty and luck.

In Weiner's attribution theory, ability and task difficulty are _____ factors, and effort and luck are _____ factors.

Dweck and colleagues (1993) suggest that some people are _____ theorists and view themselves and others as acting on the basis of fixed traits, and other people are _____ theorists and view themselves and others as acting on basis of malleable traits.

In Kelley's attribution theory, high distinctiveness, high consensus, and high consistency is likely to result in _____ attribution.

One explanation for the self-serving bias is the motive to maintain a positive self-image, called the motive for:

Research on attribution theory suggests that:

According to Jones and Davis, attributions usually are formed by observing:

The tendency to attribute behavior to internal, stable characteristics is called:

Wortman and Brehm (1975) proposed that the initial reaction to a loss of control is a resistance to the loss of control with subsequent increased effort, which they called:

The "fundamental attribution error" refers to:

Which of the following is a basic assumption of attribution theory?

The reformulated learned helplessness model states that:

Kelly's attribution theory proposes that people choose the "best fit" explanation for:

According to Weiner, people tend to judge task difficulty by:

The study of how we make decisions about the events that we experience is called:

The _____ model of learned helplessness relies on the type of attribution the person makes to overcome problems.

Which of the following is NOT one of Jones and Davis (1965) influences on making a dispositional attribution?