Attribution Examples (#13)
Maria’s car breaks down on the freeway. If she believes that the breakdown happened because her car is old. Is this an internal or external attribution?
What is external attribution?
Stella goes to a party and drinks... a lot. Her friend (sober) offers to drive her home and watches as Stella goes into her apartment. Next weekend Stella tells her friend she will return the favour and drive her home. What is this?
What is Reciprocity Norm?
Jenna loves food and contemplates eating pasta or pizza for dinner. What situation is this (approach vs avoid)?
What is approach-approach?
Name one coping strategy to help with stress.
*as long as its reasonable it is accepted as correct*
I am normally a good student. But my psychology teacher is known for hard marking. I write a paper worth 40% of my grade and I hand it in. Despite wishing for the best I get a F on my paper. "This teacher is a hard marker". What attribution is this?
What is external stable?
Chelsea is in a social psychology class. In her class they have a group project where they are spilt up into groups with 9 group members in each. As the due date comes close. Chelsea does not contribute much to the project feeling like the pressure is taken off her. What she doing?
What is social loafing?
Ben loves rock music, his two favourite bands are coming into town on Friday. He completes whether to see Motley Crue or Guns n Roses. What situation is this (approach vs avoid)?
What is approach - approach?
Which appraisal looks at: is this event relevant to me? Is this event significant, threatening, potentially harmful? (primary or secondary)
What is primary appraisal?
Lee gets a D on his sociology term paper. If he attributes the grade to the fact that he always has bad luck. Is he making a stable or unstable attribution?
What is stable attribution?
Gina thinks of herself as a calm and easy going person. However, yesterday she went to the grocery store and it was packed! She gets short tempered and yells at the teen cashier "Don't know know how to do your job?!?!". Later she reasons she still is an easy going person just the situation made her get upset. What process did Gina just go through?
What is Cognitive Dissonance?
River has to pay for graduate school (which can be expensive) and after looking at his bank account he definitely needs a quick way to get cash but also manage schoolwork. After handing around his resume he only gets one call back. The local Chuck E Cheese restaurant needs someone to be their mascot and wear the costume during kids birthday parties. River is humiliated at the thought of being a mouse but also needs the money. What situation is this (approach vs avoid)?
What is avoidance - avoidance
What are the three components that go with our general pattern of response (GAS)? (names only)
What is alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion?
Maria’s car breaks down on the freeway. If she believes the breakdown happened because of her ignorance about cars. Is she making an internal or external attribution?
What is internal attribution?
Sophie is stopped at an intersection when she sees a driver barrel through the red light. "What a jerk! He is such a bad driver" Sophie says as she honks her horn. Sophie didn't know but the man actually suffered a heart attack and passed out at the wheel, his foot still was on the gas. What error did Sophie just make?
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?
Marie has had a crush on Michael for years. Her friends encourage her to talk to him and ask him out. But Marie is worried she will be rejected. Her friends remind her on the other hand things could go great and they could be dating! What situation is this (approach vs avoid)?
What is approach - avoidance?
What is the name for the type of stress for events that are novel, unpredictable, threatening to ego or physical self, are short in duration, have a clear endpoint.
What is acute stressors?
I've never been the best driver. I have gotten into many crashes during my time as a driver. Yesterday, on my way to work I stopped paying attention and drove my car into a ditch. "Driving has never been my thing and never will". What attribution is this?
What is internal stable?
During the LA riot (which there were many people in the streets causing damage) in 1990s Tristian and a bunch of his friends loot a store because everyone else is doing it. What is this called (hint: starts with d)
What is deindividuation?
George is 89 and recently suffered a fall in his driveway. His back has been aching so he headed to the doctors and he said at his age the only option to heal would be invasive surgery. On one hand you have back pain on the other you have invasive surgery. What situation is this (approach vs avoid)?
What is avoidance avoidance?
What is the name for the type of stress that goes with events that are longer in duration and/or repeated, threatening, have no clear endpoint.
What is chronic stressors?