What principles of attribution theory are suggested by the items in the preceding question?
What will be an ideal response?
Item (a) illustrates the fundamental attribution error; (b), the bias to choose a flattering or forgiving explanation of our own lapses; and (c), blaming the victim, possibly because of the just-world hypothesis.
Psychology
You might also like to view...
Danny is wondering if he should drop chemistry in order to have more time to spend practicing drums. He is most likely to go for advice to
A) a same-sex friend. B) an other-sex friend. C) his parents. D) an Internet chatroom.
Psychology
How do the guilty-knowledge test and polygraph test differ from one another? a. They investigate different types of crime
b. They measure different physiological variables. c. They take place in different types of location. d. They ask different types of questions.
Psychology