The tendency to attribute one's own behavior primarily to situational factors and the behavior of others primarily to dispositional factors is known as the _____

a) self-serving bias.
b) internal attribution.
c) actor-observer effect.
d) external attribution.

Answer: c

Psychology

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Fill in the blank with correct word

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Which of the following is the best example of the behavioral component of an attitude?

a) Bea feels recycling is a great concept. b) Bob is upset when he hears a corporation plans to build a polluting plant near his home. c) Bill struggles to understand the arguments of both sides present in a debate over a new manufacturing plant. d) Betty writes a letter to her senator asking for support of a law making corporations responsible for the pollution they cause.

Psychology