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psychology question Match the attribution error with its example. 1. Ellen belie

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psychology question

Match the attribution error with its example.

1. Ellen believes that her golf game this week had a bunch of good holes that represented her skill and a handful of bad holes that were due to luck.

2. James stood in line at the Unemployment office waiting for his turn to talk to someone. He was recently fired from his job. He looked around and wondered what we was doing there. It seemed to him that his boss was an angry and impatient person who could not give him a break on his recent run of bad luck with sales accounts.

3. Shirley volunteers at the local food bank and sees people of all ages and family types come in looking for help. When she talks to her friends and neighbors, she often hears others say things like "Why should I give good food to the food bank. They are fine with beans and rice. If they want more, they should work to deserve it."

Self-serving Bias

Just-world Hypothesis

Actor-Observer

A.

Self-serving Bias

B.

Just-world Hypothesis

C.

Actor-Observer

Explanation / Answer

1. Ellen believes that her golf game this week had a bunch of good holes that represented her skill and a handful of bad holes that were due to luck.

A. Self-serving Bias

2. James stood in line at the Unemployment office waiting for his turn to talk to someone. He was recently fired from his job. He looked around and wondered what we was doing there. It seemed to him that his boss was an angry and impatient person who could not give him a break on his recent run of bad luck with sales accounts.

B. Just-world Hypothesis

3. Shirley volunteers at the local food bank and sees people of all ages and family types come in looking for help. When she talks to her friends and neighbors, she often hears others say things like "Why should I give good food to the food bank. They are fine with beans and rice. If they want more, they should work to deserve it."

C.   Actor-Observer