Social Psych Quiz 4 - Attribution And Attitudes
Awesomeness #4.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
The tendency of blaming an innocent person of misfortune for having somehow caused the problem or for not having taken steps to prevent it.
- A.
Just-world hypothesis.
- B.
Blaming the victim.
- C.
Fundamental attribution error.
- D.
Self-serving bias.
Correct Answer
B. Blaming the victim. -
- 2.
The tendency to attribute one's own behaviour to external, situational causes, and attributing the behaviour of others to internal, personal causes; especially when the outcome is likely to be negative.
- A.
Self-serving bias.
- B.
Foot-in-the-mouth technique.
- C.
Actor-observer discrepancy.
- D.
Foot-in-the-door technique.
Correct Answer
C. Actor-observer discrepancy. -
- 3.
Tendency to attribute one's successful outcomes to internal causes and unsuccessful outcomes to external, situational causes.
- A.
Actor-observer discrepancy.
- B.
Bystander effect.
- C.
Self-serving bias.
- D.
Obedience.
Correct Answer
C. Self-serving bias. -
- 4.
The fried grasshoppers experiment was conducted to proof...
- A.
Prejudice.
- B.
Cognitive dissonance.
Correct Answer
B. Cognitive dissonance. -
- 5.
Who conducted the grasshopper experiment named in the previous question?
- A.
Zimbardo (1962)
- B.
Zimbardo (1972)
- C.
Zimbardo (1965)
- D.
Zimbardo (1970)
Correct Answer
C. Zimbardo (1965) -
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