Attribution

The tendency to believe another person’s behavior is caused by dispositional factors as opposed to environmental factors

Of the following students, who is most clearly demonstrating a dispositional/internal attribution?

A student has just failed an exam. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be evidence of the self-serving bias?

The process by which one evaluates the causes of other people’s behavior is called

Which of the following is most useful in under-standing an employer's interpretation of an employee's poor performance?

The fundamental attribution error occurs when individuals do which of the following?

According to attribution theory, Pablo is most likely to attribute his high score on a difficult exam to

When Julie’s BF bought her a nice present, she thought, “He buys me presents because he’s such a nice person.” This is

According to the fundamental attribution error, what is likely to be a student’s explanation for a classmate’s failure?

Which is a dispositional attribution for the reason a student fell asleep in class?

When Al scores low on his test he blames the difficulty. When he hears Chuck scored low, he says it's cause Chuck's dumb

When his team wins, Joe says it is because his team is good. When his team loses, it is because the refs made bad calls.

Morgan made the fundamental attribution error in explaining her students’ poor performance on their geography exam:

Marc performs poorly on a psych exam and explains his failure by saying, “That test was so hard no one could pass it.”

Which of the following best reflects a situational/external attribution?