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Personality and Social Psychology ALL Questions and
Correct Answers Graded A LU/ Psyc 101 Newest Quiz
(brand new!)
Attributions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ How people explain
behavior and mental processes of themselves and others
Dispositional Attributions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ relate to
internal qualities of others (such as intelligence or
personality)
Situational Attributions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ relate to
external circumstances that are experienced
Explanatory Style - ...ANSWER...✓✓ how people explain
good and bad events in their lives and the lives of others
Optimistic - ...ANSWER...✓✓ perspective that a situation
is temporary, there are aspects they can control, and it's
not their fault. This person bounces back more quickly
and keeps a happier headspace
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Pessimistic - ...ANSWER...✓✓ perspective of a situation
feeling permanent, completely their fault when it probably
isn't, and there is nothing they can do to change their
situation
Actor-Observer Bias - ...ANSWER...✓✓ tendency to
attribute one's own actions to external causes, while
attributing other people's behaviors to internal causes
ex. If you trip and fall while walking, you might blame the
slippery pavement. However, if you see someone else trip
and fall, you might attribute it to an internal factor, like
clumsiness.
Fundamental attribution error - ...ANSWER...✓✓ tendency
for observers, when analyzing others' behavior, to
underestimate the impact of the situation and to
overestimate the impact of personal disposition.
ex. attributing a coworker's lateness to the fact that they
are unreliable rather than that they got stuck in traffic
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Self-serving bias - ...ANSWER...✓✓ habit of a person
taking credit for positive events or outcomes, but blaming
outside factors for negative events
Internal Locus of control - ...ANSWER...✓✓ the perception
that we control our own fate
Ex. when given a promotion, someone with an internal
locus of control will think that the promotion was entirely
deserved strictly for their hard work with the company
External Locus of control - ...ANSWER...✓✓ the
perception that outside forces beyond our personal
control determine our fate
Ex. If you win a game, you'll believe that you won because
you got lucky
Mere Exposure effect (familiarity principle) -
...ANSWER...✓✓ occurs when people are exposed to a
stimulus repeatedly over time, which causes them to like
the stimulus more
Personality and Social Psychology ALL Questions and
Correct Answers Graded A LU/ Psyc 101 Newest Quiz
(brand new!)
Attributions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ How people explain
behavior and mental processes of themselves and others
Dispositional Attributions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ relate to
internal qualities of others (such as intelligence or
personality)
Situational Attributions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ relate to
external circumstances that are experienced
Explanatory Style - ...ANSWER...✓✓ how people explain
good and bad events in their lives and the lives of others
Optimistic - ...ANSWER...✓✓ perspective that a situation
is temporary, there are aspects they can control, and it's
not their fault. This person bounces back more quickly
and keeps a happier headspace
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Pessimistic - ...ANSWER...✓✓ perspective of a situation
feeling permanent, completely their fault when it probably
isn't, and there is nothing they can do to change their
situation
Actor-Observer Bias - ...ANSWER...✓✓ tendency to
attribute one's own actions to external causes, while
attributing other people's behaviors to internal causes
ex. If you trip and fall while walking, you might blame the
slippery pavement. However, if you see someone else trip
and fall, you might attribute it to an internal factor, like
clumsiness.
Fundamental attribution error - ...ANSWER...✓✓ tendency
for observers, when analyzing others' behavior, to
underestimate the impact of the situation and to
overestimate the impact of personal disposition.
ex. attributing a coworker's lateness to the fact that they
are unreliable rather than that they got stuck in traffic
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Self-serving bias - ...ANSWER...✓✓ habit of a person
taking credit for positive events or outcomes, but blaming
outside factors for negative events
Internal Locus of control - ...ANSWER...✓✓ the perception
that we control our own fate
Ex. when given a promotion, someone with an internal
locus of control will think that the promotion was entirely
deserved strictly for their hard work with the company
External Locus of control - ...ANSWER...✓✓ the
perception that outside forces beyond our personal
control determine our fate
Ex. If you win a game, you'll believe that you won because
you got lucky
Mere Exposure effect (familiarity principle) -
...ANSWER...✓✓ occurs when people are exposed to a
stimulus repeatedly over time, which causes them to like
the stimulus more
