Exam 2: Attribution

While correspondent inference theory can account for when people will make ______ attributions, covariation model can account for when people make ______ attributions.

Correspondent inference theory suggests that when we assess whether there is a correspondence between behaviour and personality, we process three types of information. Which of the following was NOT one of these factors that Jones and Davis note?

Within Mosocovici's theory, shared beliefs and understandings between broad groups of people are known as ______.

Attributions are often distinguished on the basis of whether they are perceived to be caused by internal or external factors. As well as internal versus external attributions, attributions can also be subdivided in terms of ______.

According to Weiner (1986) anger emerges from ______ attributions for negative events while guilt emerges from ______ attributions for negative events.

The covariation model suggests that when there are multiple potential causes for an act, we ascribe causality to ______.

Which attribution model suggests that we arrive at a dispositional attribution by assessing whether the behaviour in question is socially desirable, chosen or non-chosen and has a unique effect?

The ______ suggests that people try to infer a dispositional cause for behaviour because such attributions are most valuable for making predictions.

An external attribution assigns cause to ______.

Research suggests that anger emerges from ______ attributions for negative events while guilt emerges from the ______ attributions for negative events.

According to correspondent inference theory, which of the following is most likely to lead to a dispositional attribution?

The fundamental attribution error is thought to occur because of ______.

The general tendency for people to make internal rather than external attributions, even when there are clear potential situational causes, is known as ______.

Within Kelly's co-variation model, the extent to which other people in the scene react in the same way as the target person is known as ______.

A(n) ______ attribution is one which locates the cause of some behaviour as being within the perceiver, i.e., due to personality, mood, attributes, or abilities.

When individuals are reluctant to expend cognitive resources and look for any opportunity to avoid engaging in effortful thought, they can be described as ______.

Within the covariation model, the extent to which the target behaves in the same way in different social contexts is known as ______.

Correspondent inference theory suggests that when making social inferences, people ______.

Correspondent inference theory suggests that people assess which of the following factors when making a dispositional attribution?

You stop someone in the street and ask for directions to the train station. The man that you stop sighs and continues to walk without helping you. You decide that the man behaved like this because they are a rude person. What kind of attribution is this?