AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

ATTRIBUTION ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
People in the US tend to credit their own behavior to the situation they are in. What is that called?
A
External Attribution Error
B
Fundamental Attribution Error
C
That doesn’t have a name
D
Actor Observer Bias
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -You’re probably familiar with self-serving bias, even if you don’t know it by name. A self-serving bias is the common habit of a person taking credit for positive events or outcomes, but blaming outside factors for negative events.

Detailed explanation-2: -In psychology, an attribution bias or attributional bias is a cognitive bias that refers to the systematic errors made when people evaluate or try to find reasons for their own and others’ behaviors. People constantly make attributions-judgements and assumptions about why people behave in certain ways.

Detailed explanation-3: -Three types of bias can be distinguished: information bias, selection bias, and confounding. These three types of bias and their potential solutions are discussed using various examples.

Detailed explanation-4: -Attribution theory The theory that we explain someone’s behavior by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition Either a person is always angry or they are angry because they were just stung by a large jellyfish while swimming…

Detailed explanation-5: -Attribution theory is concerned with how ordinary people explain the causes of behavior and events. For example, is someone angry because they are bad-tempered or because something bad happened? A formal definition is provided by Fiske and Taylor (1991, p.

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