Discuss common errors in attribution and provide real-world examples
What will be an ideal response?
Th e fundamental attribution error refers to our tendency, when we look for causes of a person's behavior, to focus on the person's disposition or personality traits and overlook how the situation influenced the person's behavior.
The actor-observer effect refers to the tendency, when you are behaving (or acting), to attribute your own behavior to situational factors. However, when you are observing others, you attribute the other's behavior to his or her personality traits or disposition.
The self-serving bias refers to explaining our successes by attributing them to our dispositions or personality traits and explaining our failures by attributing them to the situations.
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The representativeness heuristic assumes that which of these is true?
a. Something that resembles members of a category is also a member of the category. b. The most expensive member of a category is probably the one of highest quality. c. An unfamiliar item probably belongs to a common category, not a less common one. d. If you can easily think of examples of an event, it must be a common event.
Which of these describes people with Type A personality?
a. Extraverted and emotionally stable b. Conscientious and agreeable c. Competitive and often hostile d. Relaxed and patient
The basic units of thought are concepts, language, and __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
If a person continues to take a drug to prevent withdrawal symptoms, the person is experiencing:
a. tolerance c. dependence b. addiction d. withdrawal