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'Other people are always fully responsible for what they do',says Mary.Mary's philosophy is an example of the

A) ultimate attribution error
B) fundamental attribution error
C) self-serving bias
D) self-fulfilling prophecy

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Ian has just heard how a mate's younger sister is drop-dead beautiful.He traces the origin of the account through the entire rugby team,and finds that the (fourteenth!) version he has just been given,as compared with the original version,is

A) prejudiced by machismo
B) shorter and selectively exaggerated
C) more complex and less distorted
D) more detailed

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Elaine has just screamed,smacking her daughter's fingers because the adventurous one-year-old has just poked a metal fork into a power outlet.Because consistency information is low,you would probably not think of Elaine as a violent person.This refers to

The ultimate attribution error refers to attributions made for

Which of the following types of information is NOT used when making a causal attribution according to the covariation model of attribution?

Theories of attribution

An example of a group-enhancing bias is

As described by Pettigrew (1979) ,the ultimate attribution error occurs when an internal cause is offered for ________ actions,and an external cause is offered for ________ actions.

According to the actor-observer effect,actors tend to attribute their actions to ________ factors.

Individuals who are fatalistic and do not believe that they have much control over what happens to them are prone to

People make a(n) ________ attribution for a person's behaviour when the behaviour is consistent,distinctive and when consensus is high.

Hugo claims 'I am an A grade student! The only reason I get Cs is because the lecturer is boring.' You smile wryly at Hugo's

By deciding that something is due to 'luck' a person makes a(n)

Self-enhancing,self-protecting and self-handicapping actions are

In a close relationship,attributions by both partners become more frequent when

Which of the following is NOT a self-serving bias?

A statistical technique,analysis of variance,is an analogy for which model of attribution?

Internal and stable attributions for positive behaviours are most common in a close relationship when

The assumption that the outcomes of behaviour were intended by the person who chose the behaviour is known as

According to Schachter,a person's state of depression can be turned into a feeling of wellbeing.This is