Attributing One's Success on an Exam to One's Intelligence and One's

question 153

Multiple Choice

Attributing one's success on an exam to one's intelligence and one's failure to the unfairness of the test is an example of

• A) a defensive attribution.
• B) an actor-observer bias.
• C) a self-serving bias.
• D) the fundamental attributional error.

Comprehend the role of fairness norms across different cultures and their evolutionary value.

Analyze the impact of presence of others on individual performance in various tasks.

Understand the distinction and interaction between deindividuation, social facilitation, and social loafing.

Learn the mechanisms and outcomes of various distribution and decision-making games.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.

Standard Normal Deviate

Another term for Z-score, highlighting its role in standard normal distribution.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure used in statistics to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.