Psychology 2035A/B Lecture : Attribution and Errors

Pat asks herself, “Did my officemate get the promotion instead of me because I am overweight or because I am really less qualified?” This type of thinking is an example of ________ 

Select one:

a. Self-fulfilling prophecy

b. Imagined discrimination

c. Stereotype threat

d. Fundamental attribution error

e. Attributional ambiguity 

37. When making the fundamental attributional error we are most likely to blame another student's poor academic record on A) a stressful home-life B) low ability C) difficulty of the subject matter D) teacher bias (the teacher did not like them) E) either A and C above

15. Ralph watches as a customer with at least 40 items lines up at his express checkout line He decides the customer must be a real “idiot" to miss the sign that indicates Ralph's checkout line is an express line with a limit of 10 items. Ralph's attribution for the cause of the customer's behavior is consistent with