Unit 4 AP Psych UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Attribution - CORRECT ANSWER -the way people explain behavior and mental processes.
Dispositional attribution - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining behavior using internal traits or
qualities.
Situational attribution - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining behavior using outside circumstances or
context.
Explanatory style - CORRECT ANSWER -a person's usual pattern for explaining good and bad
events.
Optimistic explanatory style - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining setbacks as temporary or specific.
Pessimistic explanatory style - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining setbacks as lasting or widespread.
Actor-observer bias - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining your own behavior by situation and others'
behavior by personality.
Fundamental attribution error - CORRECT ANSWER -overexplaining other people's behavior with
internal causes.
Self-serving bias - CORRECT ANSWER -crediting successes to yourself and blaming failures on
outside factors.
Locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER -belief about whether outcomes are controlled by you or
by outside forces.
, Internal locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER -belief that your actions determine outcomes.
External locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER -belief that outside forces determine outcomes.
Mere exposure effect - CORRECT ANSWER -repeated exposure to something makes you like it
more.
Self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER -expectations that help cause the expected
outcome to happen.
Social comparison - CORRECT ANSWER -judging yourself by comparing yourself to other
people.
Upward comparison - CORRECT ANSWER -comparing yourself with someone you see as better
off.
Downward comparison - CORRECT ANSWER -comparing yourself with someone you see as
worse off.
Relative deprivation - CORRECT ANSWER -feeling deprived because of comparisons with others.
Stereotype - CORRECT ANSWER -a general idea or belief about a group.
Implicit attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER -attitudes people hold that they may not fully recognize
or admit.
Prejudice - CORRECT ANSWER -a negative attitude toward a person or group.
Discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER -unfair treatment of people because of group membership.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Attribution - CORRECT ANSWER -the way people explain behavior and mental processes.
Dispositional attribution - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining behavior using internal traits or
qualities.
Situational attribution - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining behavior using outside circumstances or
context.
Explanatory style - CORRECT ANSWER -a person's usual pattern for explaining good and bad
events.
Optimistic explanatory style - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining setbacks as temporary or specific.
Pessimistic explanatory style - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining setbacks as lasting or widespread.
Actor-observer bias - CORRECT ANSWER -explaining your own behavior by situation and others'
behavior by personality.
Fundamental attribution error - CORRECT ANSWER -overexplaining other people's behavior with
internal causes.
Self-serving bias - CORRECT ANSWER -crediting successes to yourself and blaming failures on
outside factors.
Locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER -belief about whether outcomes are controlled by you or
by outside forces.
, Internal locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER -belief that your actions determine outcomes.
External locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER -belief that outside forces determine outcomes.
Mere exposure effect - CORRECT ANSWER -repeated exposure to something makes you like it
more.
Self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER -expectations that help cause the expected
outcome to happen.
Social comparison - CORRECT ANSWER -judging yourself by comparing yourself to other
people.
Upward comparison - CORRECT ANSWER -comparing yourself with someone you see as better
off.
Downward comparison - CORRECT ANSWER -comparing yourself with someone you see as
worse off.
Relative deprivation - CORRECT ANSWER -feeling deprived because of comparisons with others.
Stereotype - CORRECT ANSWER -a general idea or belief about a group.
Implicit attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER -attitudes people hold that they may not fully recognize
or admit.
Prejudice - CORRECT ANSWER -a negative attitude toward a person or group.
Discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER -unfair treatment of people because of group membership.
