In Explaining the Behavior of Outgroup Members, People Tend to Make

question 39

Multiple Choice

In explaining the behavior of outgroup members, people tend to make

• A) situational attributions for negative behaviors, but personal attributions for positive behaviors.
• B) situational attributions for positive behaviors, but personal attributions for negative behaviors.
• C) situational attributions for both positive and negative behaviors.
• D) personal attributions for both positive and negative behaviors.

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Definitions:

Convergent Validity

The extent to which two theoretically associated measures of constructs are actually interconnected.

Discriminant Validity

The degree to which a concept or measurement is genuinely distinct from other concepts or measurements within the same model or study.

Researcher

A person who conducts systematic investigations into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a given set of data, commonly used in statistics to describe central tendency.