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, • The failure to recognize the
importance of situational influences
on behavior, and the corresponding
tendency to overemphasize the
importance of dispositions on
Fundamental behavior
attribution error
• For instance, inferences may be
made about someone's true
personality even when we are aware
that their behavior resulted from an
assigned role
interdependent, inter-related,
Collectivistic
harmonious, see the group as
cultures
opposed to the individual
are independent, not related to one
individualistic another, disagreement, discord, see
cultures the individual as opposed to the
group, and are competitive
, o Internal, stable, global attributions
habitually made for negative events
"It's my fault"; "I'm never going to be
Pessimistic
able to";
attribution style
"I am no good at anything"
o __ __ ___ predict lower grades and
poorer physical health later in life
maladaptive Counterproductive
self-defensive DON'T WORRY About it
o Glass-half full
o Good- us
o Bad- external factors
optimistic
o Studies have shown that people
who are more ___ tend to have greater
happiness and well-being and they
enjoy better health as well.
A person's habitual way of explaining
events, typically assessed along three
explanatory style
dimensions: internal/external,
stable/unstable, and global/specific
University (2025) comprehensive
questions and verified answers
(detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL
EXAM 2025 TEST!!
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Terms in this set (76)
, • The failure to recognize the
importance of situational influences
on behavior, and the corresponding
tendency to overemphasize the
importance of dispositions on
Fundamental behavior
attribution error
• For instance, inferences may be
made about someone's true
personality even when we are aware
that their behavior resulted from an
assigned role
interdependent, inter-related,
Collectivistic
harmonious, see the group as
cultures
opposed to the individual
are independent, not related to one
individualistic another, disagreement, discord, see
cultures the individual as opposed to the
group, and are competitive
, o Internal, stable, global attributions
habitually made for negative events
"It's my fault"; "I'm never going to be
Pessimistic
able to";
attribution style
"I am no good at anything"
o __ __ ___ predict lower grades and
poorer physical health later in life
maladaptive Counterproductive
self-defensive DON'T WORRY About it
o Glass-half full
o Good- us
o Bad- external factors
optimistic
o Studies have shown that people
who are more ___ tend to have greater
happiness and well-being and they
enjoy better health as well.
A person's habitual way of explaining
events, typically assessed along three
explanatory style
dimensions: internal/external,
stable/unstable, and global/specific
