Question 1

What is dispositional attribution?

Accepted Answer

A type of attribution where you see a person as responsible for an event

Question 2

What is situational attribution?

Accepted Answer

A type of attribution where you see the situation/circumstances as responsible for an event

Question 3

What is the difference between dispositional and situational attribution?

Accepted Answer

Dispositional: attributes responsibility to the person

Situational: attributes responsibility to the situation

Question 4

What is stable attribution?

Accepted Answer

The tendency to believe events and behaviors are due to unchanging factors

(if you always do well in math, you see yourself as good in math; if you always pay attention in class, you see a teacher as liking you)

Question 5

What is unstable attribution?

Accepted Answer

Crediting a one-time source as the cause of an event

(if you fail a math test, you may credit the fact that you did not put in enough effort)

Question 6

What is the difference between stable and unstable attribution?

Accepted Answer

Stable: credits long term traits, such as personality or skills

Unstable: credits short term events, such as amount of effort

Question 7

What is fundamental attribution error?

Accepted Answer

Tendency to under-emphasize situational explanations for a person's behavior, while over-emphasizing their personality

(if someone is rude to you, you classify them as rude, without looking at factors such as how much sleep they got or how they are feeling)

Question 8

What is self-serving bias?

Accepted Answer

Tendency to over-emphasize your traits and personality for your success

Question 9

What is the just-world hypothesis/fallacy?

Accepted Answer

The flimsy belief that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people

If you are privileged, the world seems more fair

Attribution, AP Psychology Flashcards