Question 1

Rotter's locus of control scale was designed to assess people's:

Accepted Answer

A)  level of defensive car-driving skills in difficult road conditions. 
B)  manipulative strategies in interpersonal encounters. 
C)  beliefs about the origins of rewards and punishments they receive. 
D)  knowledge of heuristics used in political messages. 
A)  level of defensive car-driving skills in difficult road conditions. 
B)  manipulative strategies in interpersonal encounters. 
C)  beliefs about the origins of rewards and punishments they receive. 
D)  knowledge of heuristics used in political messages.

Question 2

People who view aversive events as being caused by internal, stable, global factors have a:

Accepted Answer

A)  positive attributional style. 
B)  depressive attributional style. 
C)  sleepy attributional style. 
D)  suppressive attributional style. 
A)  positive attributional style. 
B)  depressive attributional style. 
C)  sleepy attributional style. 
D)  suppressive attributional style.

Question 3

Katie thinks the new tutor is not only competent, but gorgeous! Her friends think the same. According to the covariation model of attribution, Katie's judgement:

Accepted Answer

A)  is low in hedonic relevance. 
B)  is highly consistent. 
C)  has high consensus. 
D)  is highly distinctive. 
A)  is low in hedonic relevance. 
B)  is highly consistent. 
C)  has high consensus. 
D)  is highly distinctive.

Question 4

A general tendency for people to attribute behaviour to stable underlying personality dispositions refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  correspondence bias. 
B)  self-enhancing bias. 
C)  attentional bias. 
D)  actor-observer effect. 
A)  correspondence bias. 
B)  self-enhancing bias. 
C)  attentional bias. 
D)  actor-observer effect.

Question 5

Beliefs or preconceptions acquired from experience concerning interaction between distinctiveness, consistency, and consensus are how we develop:

Accepted Answer

A)  internal cause. 
B)  causal schemata. 
C)  discounting proof. 
D)  external attributions. 
A)  internal cause. 
B)  causal schemata. 
C)  discounting proof. 
D)  external attributions.

Question 6

Self-enhancing, self-protecting and self-handicapping actions are:

Accepted Answer

A)  quite unrelated. 
B)  characteristics of a neurotic personality. 
C)  very rare events. 
D)  self-serving biases. 
A)  quite unrelated. 
B)  characteristics of a neurotic personality. 
C)  very rare events. 
D)  self-serving biases.

Question 7

An example of the false consensus effect would be when a:

Accepted Answer

A)  teacher gives an inflated grade to a favourite student. 
B)  novice tennis player sees a wonderful sporting future after just serving an ace when playing against their coach. 
C)  city mayor wants more skyscrapers on the main street, arguing that this is what the citizens want. 
D)  child blames you (in your innocence) for spilling drink on their painting. 
A)  teacher gives an inflated grade to a favourite student. 
B)  novice tennis player sees a wonderful sporting future after just serving an ace when playing against their coach. 
C)  city mayor wants more skyscrapers on the main street, arguing that this is what the citizens want. 
D)  child blames you (in your innocence) for spilling drink on their painting.

Question 8

The actor-observer effect is a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  form of self-perception. 
B)  test of acting ability. 
C)  extension of the fundamental attribution error. 
D)  individual differences measure. 
A)  form of self-perception. 
B)  test of acting ability. 
C)  extension of the fundamental attribution error. 
D)  individual differences measure.

Rotter's locus of control scale was designed to assess people's:

People who view aversive events as being caused by internal, stable, global factors have a:

Katie thinks the new tutor is not only competent, but gorgeous! Her friends think the same. According to the covariation model of attribution, Katie's judgement:

A general tendency for people to attribute behaviour to stable underlying personality dispositions refers to:

Beliefs or preconceptions acquired from experience concerning interaction between distinctiveness, consistency, and consensus are how we develop:

Self-enhancing, self-protecting and self-handicapping actions are:

An example of the false consensus effect would be when a:

The actor-observer effect is a(n):

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Exam 3: Attribution and Social Explanation

Rotter's locus of control scale was designed to assess people's:

People who view aversive events as being caused by internal, stable, global factors have a:

Katie thinks the new tutor is not only competent, but gorgeous! Her friends think the same. According to the covariation model of attribution, Katie's judgement:

A general tendency for people to attribute behaviour to stable underlying personality dispositions refers to:

Beliefs or preconceptions acquired from experience concerning interaction between distinctiveness, consistency, and consensus are how we develop:

Self-enhancing, self-protecting and self-handicapping actions are:

An example of the false consensus effect would be when a:

The actor-observer effect is a(n):

Introducing Social Psychology

Social Cognition and Social Thinking

Self and Identity

Attitudes

Persuasion and Attitude Change

Social Influence

People in Groups

Leadership and Group Decision Making

Prejudice and Discrimination

Intergroup Behaviour

Aggression

Prosocial Behaviour

Attraction and Close Relationships

Language and Communication

Culture

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