Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Answer the following question briefly:
What is attribution?
Solution
Attribution is the process through which we seek to determine the causes behind others’ behavior.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Answer the following:
What is meant by the term social perception?
What is meant by bias? With the help of two examples each, explain self-serving bias and counterfactual thinking.
Answer the following question:
What is meant by automatic vigilance?
Answer the following question briefly:
What is meant by the term person positivity bias?
Answer the following question:
Describe the process through which people try to understand the reasons for other's behavior.
A biased tendency in an individual to assume that his/her beliefs and opinions are common and that others also think the same way, is known as ______.
Name the stage of crisis in Psychosocial Development, when one attempts to maintain their sense of dignity as they become a senior citizen and feel worthless if they fail to maintain it.
| Mohan follows a strict vegetarian diet and assumes that a majority of his friends and acquaintances prefer a vegetarian lifestyle. He overestimates the number of people who share the same dietary choice as him. |
- Identify the bias shown by Mohan. (1)
- Describe any two biases, citing a suitable example for each. (3)
