Attributions (AS AQA Psychology, unit 2, social cognition)

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This attribution is based on the environment
situational
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This attribution is based on a person's characteristics, attitudes etc.
dispositional
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This attribution bias is focused on overestimating internal attributions and ignoring external attributions
fundamental attribution error
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Nisbett investigated what...
actor-observer effect
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What affects FAE?
attention
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In what way does FAE vary?
culturally
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True or false: in the actor-observer effect, the person who is making the attribution (actor) needs to have been in the situation
true
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In the actor-observer effect, what type of attribution do you give to the observer
dispositional
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What affects actor-observer effect?
information
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Why does self-serving bias occur?
self-enhancement
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True or false: Ross only conducted a study for self-serving bias
false
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What are the two explanations for self-serving bias?
motivational and cognitve
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Are there exceptions to the self-serving bias?
yes
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This attribution is based on a person's characteristics, attitudes etc.

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dispositional

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This attribution bias is focused on overestimating internal attributions and ignoring external attributions

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Nisbett investigated what...

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What affects FAE?

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