When We Make Judgments About the Behavior of Other People

question 110

True/False

When we make judgments about the behavior of other people, we tend to underestimate the influence of external factors and to overestimate the influence of internal factors. This tendency is called the self-serving bias.

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Definitions:

Chi-Square Test

A statistical test used to examine the differences between categorical variables in a contingency table.

Right-Tailed

Refers to a type of hypothesis test where the area of interest is in the right tail of the probability distribution, usually testing for values greater than a certain number.

Uniformly Distributed

A statistical distribution where all outcomes are equally likely; each variable has the same probability.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that suggests there is no statistical significance in a set of given observations, asserting that any observed difference is due to chance.