Attribution, Conformity, SPE Review

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Tendency to remember information at the beginning of a body of information better than the information that follows.

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primacy effect

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A culture that values unity, tradition, and strong family ties can be described as:

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collectivist

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The tendency to attribute the actions of others to dispositional factors is called what?

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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What is John attributing his success and failure to in the context of being an Australian animal expert?

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Self-Serving Bias

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Katie is sure that she was fired because her boss was a total jerk and didn't like her. What is this an example of? Internal/Dispositional Attribution, External/Situational Attribution, Self-Serving Bias, Self-Effacing Bias

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External/Situational Attribution

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Stephanie Wilson knows that she was able to become an astronaut because of her excellent ability to innovate and solve problems. What is this an example of? Self-Effacing Bias, Self-Serving Bias, External/Situational Attribution, Internal/Dispositional Attribution

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Internal/Dispositional Attribution

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The process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events

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Attribution

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The tendency to explain our own successes to dispositional causes and our failures to situational causes - in order to protect our self-esteem.

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Self-serving Bias

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Which is the best example of the Fundamental Attribution Error? Options: Observing someone trip on the sidewalk and assuming it is because they are clumsy, Observing someone trip on the sidewalk and assuming it is because the sidewalk was uneven

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Observing someone trip on the sidewalk and assuming it is because they are clumsy

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change in behavior to comply with a demand by an authority figure

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obedience