People Tend to Attribute Their Own Behaviors to Situational Factors

question 7

Multiple Choice

People tend to attribute their own behaviors to situational factors, but to attribute others' behaviors to dispositional factors. This pattern is known as the ____.

• A) fundamental attribution error
• B) heuristic effect
• C) self-serving bias
• D) actor-observer effect

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue

The increased income derived from the sale of one extra unit of a good or service.

Marginal Cost

The change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit.

MC > MR

A condition where Marginal Cost (MC) is greater than Marginal Revenue (MR), suggesting that producing additional units of a good will not increase profits and may reduce them.

Profit

The financial gain realized when the revenue generated from a business activity exceeds the expenses, costs, and taxes involved in sustaining the activity.