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?

To prevent risky behavior Signup and view all the answers

What is obedience, according to the text?

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

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

They are always negative 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?

Fundamental attribution error 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?

Blaming the victim Signup and view all the answers

What is the motivation behind the self-serving bias?

To maintain a good public image Signup and view all the answers

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

Self-serving bias Signup and view all the answers

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

Instructors use fewer effective teaching methods Signup and view all the answers

What is the common theme among the attributional biases discussed?

They distort our perception of reality Signup and view all the answers

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

Actors attribute their behavior to situational factors, while observers attribute others' behavior to personality factors. 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?

Actor-observer bias Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

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

What is the primary component of prejudice?

All of the above 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?