Question : 11. Jack and John were recently dumped by their girlfriends. Jack : 1246175

 

 

11. Jack and John were recently dumped by their girlfriends. Jack believes that his girlfriend broke up with him because she is a selfish and unhappy person, whereas John believes that his girlfriend broke up with him because she had to attend to a family emergency and could not make commitment right now. Jack is making a(n) _____ about his girlfriend’s behavior, whereas John is making a(n) _____. 
A. internal attribution/external attribution
B. external attribution/internal attribution
C. downward social comparison/upward social comparison
D. upward social comparison/downward social comparison

12. The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the impact of inner dispositions upon another’s behavior is called _____. 
A. the self-serving bias
B. the fundamental attribution error
C. the false consensus bias
D. cognitive dissonance

13. When many people first learn of the classic conformity and obedience studies, they often believe that the participants in these studies are weak-minded people and they tend to underestimate the power of the social situation. This is an example of _____. 
A. self-perception theory
B. the fundamental attribution error
C. the false-consensus effect
D. a positive illusion

14. You are watching golf and see Tiger Woods scowl. You would be making the fundamental attribution error if you assumed that _____. 
A. he has an angry and volatile personality
B. he just missed a putt
C. he was thrown off by the flash of a camera
D. he was in a tough situation

15. You ignore the fact that she is currently taking finals and working 40 hours per week. You are demonstrating the _____. 
A. fundamental attribution error
B. universality mistake
C. self-serving bias
D. availability heuristic

16. You watch as another student stumbles and drops her books in the hall. According to the fundamental attribution error, how would you explain the student’s behavior? 
A. She must have tripped over something.
B. She is a clumsy person.
C. She couldn’t help it; there were too many books to carry.
D. She was trying to get out of someone else’s way.

17. The _____ is the overestimation of the degree to which everybody else thinks or acts the way we do. 
A. fundamental attribution error
B. self-serving bias
C. stereotype threat
D. false consensus effect

18. Although Jeff frequently exceeds the speed limit by at least 10 mph, he justifies his behavior by erroneously thinking that most other drivers do the same. This belief best illustrates _____. 
A. the false consensus effect
B. the self-serving bias
C. deindividuation
D. social loafing

19. Lily does not approve of abortion. She is shocked when she finds out how many people in her state hold pro-choice attitudes. This is an example of _____. 
A. the self-fulfilling prophecy
B. cognitive dissonance
C. the false consensus effect
D. groupthink

20. _____ are favorable views of the self that are not necessarily rooted in reality. 
A. Fundamental attribution errors
B. Self-serving biases
C. Self-deceptions
D. Positive illusions

 

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