Exam 5: Social Attribution: Explaining Behavior

Recall that in one experiment, participants were assigned to one of two roles: questioner or responder. The questioner read a series of questions to the responder and told the responder how to answer each question. In fact, the questioner used a preprinted list to tell responders exactly how to answer each question. The results of this research showed that the

According to the textbook, which of the following statements is INACCURATE?

In what ways are Americans' and Asians' attribution and impression formation processes similar? In what ways are they dissimilar?

Which of the following statements about attribution is INACCURATE?

What is a counterfactual thought? Explain the circumstances under which it is most likely to occur.

Hector plays golf every Saturday. His wife, Alicia, notices that after a winning round, Hector tends to play with the kids. After a losing round, he tends to watch television by himself. According to ________ , over time, Alicia is likely to conclude that Hector's golf games can exert a causal effect on his behavior at home.

What is the just world hypothesis? In addition, explain how this hypothesis is relevant to the fundamental attribution error.

Travis thinks that Roscoe is a terrible person. So when Travis finds out that Roscoe's business failed and that Roscoe's wife left him, Travis's reaction is consistent with the just world hypothesis. He therefore thinks to himself,

The ________ dimension of explanatory style considers whether the causes of a particular behavior will be present again in the future.

Recall that Wells and Gavanski (1989) asked study participants to read a story about a woman who went to lunch with her boss to celebrate a promotion. According to the story, the boss ordered a dish for the woman that contained wine. Unfortunately, the woman was so allergic to wine that she died. The researchers were interested in how participants would respond to additional information about the boss's behavior. Results of this study showed that participants who thought the