Correspondent Inference Theory Suggests That People Assess Which of the Following

question 19

Multiple Choice

Correspondent inference theory suggests that people assess which of the following factors when making a dispositional attribution?

• A) consistency, consensus, distinctiveness
• B) consistency, social desirability, distinctiveness
• C) uniqueness of effects, social desirability, choice
• D) social desirability, consistency, uniqueness of effects

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Definitions:

Organizational Behavior

The study of how individuals and groups act within the constructs of an organization, and the impact these behaviors have on organizational functioning.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where a response is only sometimes reinforced, known to significantly increase the rate of response and resistance to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A form of learning in which a behavior is reinforced every time it occurs, leading to rapid acquisition of the behavior.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response, typically because the reinforcement is withheld.