Self-Blaming for a Failure to Adhere to a Commitment and Taking

question 125

Multiple Choice

Self-blaming for a failure to adhere to a commitment and taking this failure as evidence for a lack of willpower or personal strength are most central to which of the following?

• A) the abstinence violation effect
• B) the contact effect
• C) a lapse
• D) health-compromising behaviours

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Definitions:

Causal Attributions

The method through which people deduce the reasons behind their own and others' actions.

Distinctiveness

The quality or state of being noticeably different or unique compared to others.

Consensus

A general agreement among a group of people or in the scholarly literature on a particular issue or topic.

Covariation Principle

A concept in social psychology that explains how we attribute behavior to consistent internal or external factors over time.