Exam 5: Social Attribution: Explaining Behavior

Sarah and William got into an argument. The next day, Sarah reflects on why they behaved the way they did. According to the actor-observer difference, Sarah should think,

________ theory focuses on the ways in which we answer such questions as "Why does my roommate always play his music loudly?"

Actors' and observers' attributions differ for many reasons. Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?

According to Dan Gilbert, the first stage of the attributional process entails making ________ attributions that are ________. The second, adjustment, stage entails making ________ that are ________.

The view that personality is malleable and that abilities can be changed by environmental factors is most characteristic of

________ refers to a person's habitual way of explaining many different types of events.

According to your textbook, all of the following are potential causes of the fundamental attribution error EXCEPT

People tend to make ________ attributions when levels of consensus and distinctiveness are low and consistency information is high.

Maria, Min, and Bobby ran for class president. When the votes were tallied, Maria received thirty-eight votes, Min received thirty-seven votes, and Bobby garnered thirty-five votes. According to Medvec and colleagues' (1995) study of Olympic athletes' emotional reactions, one would expect ________ to be the LEAST happy with the election outcome.

Someone with an optimistic explanatory style is likely to make which types of attributions for success?

Which of the following statements best represents something that a Japanese coach might say to a newspaper reporter after winning a game?

Darby consistently attributes her failures to stable, global, and internal causes. Maria accounts for her failures by citing unstable, specific, and external causes. According to research on explanatory style, Darby is likely to ________ than Maria.

Recall that Dweck and her colleagues aimed to understand why boys and girls tend to explain their failures differently. To this end, they conducted an experiment that manipulated ________. Results showed that ________.

________ theory deals with how people assign causes to the events around them and the effects that these explanations have.

The just world hypothesis refers to

According to the augmentation principle, which action is most likely to be attributed to the personality of the actor?

Which of the following is FALSE regarding the findings from research on culture and social perception? Relative to

Defend the position that the self-serving attributional bias is NOT always based on the motivation to maintain self-esteem.

According to social psychological research on the covariation principle, which condition should prompt the highest expectations about the TechnoCool dance club?

Explain the covariation principle and the three types of covariation information that people use to understand the causes of everyday social behavior.