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71. Your best friend has been acting rather cool toward you lately. As you try to figure out why, you are engaging in the process called ________________.

a) attribution

b) causal analysis

c) ascribing values

d) nonverbal communication

72. A group of Ray’s friends have been waiting for Ray for an hour. One says, “He never remembers anything.” Another says, “He’s probably caught in rush hour traffic.” What are these friends doing that might be of interest to a social psychologist?

a) They are making attributions.

b) They are reducing dissonance levels.

c) They are conforming to the group’s norms.

d) They are forming initial impressions of Ray.

73. “Look, Officer, I didn’t see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes.” The police officer responds, “You were not paying attention.” How would a social psychologist describe this situation?

a) Both individuals were making fundamental attribution errors.

b) Both individuals were making situational attributions.

c) The driver was making a dispositional attribution; the officer was making a situational attribution.

d) The driver was making a situational attribution; the officer was making a dispositional attribution.

74. Alex is standing in line at Wal-Mart waiting to pay for his purchases. A man cuts in front of the line and drops his items on the counter. Alex says to his friend, “That man is incredibly rude.” A social psychologist who is within earshot jots down a note so she can use the example in class. What does she write concerning Alex?

a) he made a situational attribution

b) he made a dispositional attribution

c) his remark is based on a stereotype

d) his remark is considered a collectivistic remark

75. When we make situational attributions we are identifying the cause of an action as something _________.

a) in the environment

b) in the person’s disposition

c) that is a biological trait

d) with an unconscious motivation

76. If a person explains someone’s behavior in terms of the situation, then they are making a(n)________ attribution.

a) external

b) correct

c) general

d) internal

77. Which of the following is an example of an external attribution?

a) “I did a good job because I’m smart.”

b) “I did a good job because the task was easy.”

c) “I did a bad job because I’m inept.”

d) “She did a good job because she’s talented.”

78. The benefit of attributional biases is that they ________.

a) are nonexistent

b) rarely lead to errors

c) enhance our social relationships

d) lessen our cognitive load

79. Which statement is the best explanation of the fundamental attribution error?

a) We attribute most of what people do to the influence of situations.

b) We rely on the first information we receive to make internal attributions.

c) We are more likely to attribute another’s behavior to internal rather than to situational causes.

d) We tend to attribute our successes to our own efforts and failures to the shortcomings of others.

80. Our tendency to interpret others’ behavior as due to internal causes rather than external ones is called the ________.

a) self-serving bias

b) hostile attributional bias

c) fundamental attribution error

d) general attributional bias effect