Attributional Biases in Psychology
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What is the key difference between prejudice and discrimination?

  • Prejudice is a learned behavior, while discrimination is an innate attitude.
  • Prejudice involves behavior, while discrimination involves attitudes.
  • Prejudice involves all three ABC components, while discrimination only involves behavior. (correct)
  • Prejudice is a negative attitude towards a group, while discrimination is a positive behavior towards them.
  • What is the primary reason why we generally conform, comply, and obey authority figures?

  • To please our authority figures
  • To avoid social rejection
  • To gain social power
  • Because it's in our own best interests and everyone else's (correct)
  • What is conformity, according to the text?

  • A change in thoughts, feelings, or actions due to direct commands
  • A change in behavior due to social norms
  • A change in thoughts, feelings, or actions due to real or imagined group pressure (correct)
  • A change in attitudes due to obedience
  • Why is recognizing and resisting destructive forms of obedience important in social psychology?

    <p>To prevent risky behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is obedience, according to the text?

    <p>The act of following direct commands, usually from an authority figure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is NOT a characteristic of obedience, conformity, and compliance?

    <p>They are always negative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors and underestimate the impact of external factors on a person's behavior?

    <p>Fundamental attribution error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the phenomenon where people blame the victim, such as saying that homeless people should just get a job?

    <p>Blaming the victim</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the motivation behind the self-serving bias?

    <p>To maintain a good public image</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bias is characterized by crediting success to internal factors and blaming failure on external factors?

    <p>Self-serving bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the outcome of the fundamental attribution error in the context of student learning?

    <p>Instructors use fewer effective teaching methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common theme among the attributional biases discussed?

    <p>They distort our perception of reality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between an actor's and an observer's attribution?

    <p>Actors attribute their behavior to situational factors, while observers attribute others' behavior to personality factors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the tendency to attribute other people's behavior to personality factors, while attributing our own behavior to situational factors?

    <p>Actor-observer bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of the fundamental attribution error?

    <p>A diner attributes a waiter's poor service to the waiter's personality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

    <p>Prejudice is a negative attitude, while discrimination is a negative behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary component of prejudice?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the tendency to attribute our own successes to internal factors, while attributing our failures to external factors?

    <p>Self-serving bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

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