Bill is the quarterback of his college football team. The team was 10-0, but lost this week after what Bill says was a very bad call by the referee

Bill is the quarterback of his college football team. The team was 10-0, but lost this week after what Bill says was a very bad call by the referee. Bill seldom says anything about how the referees called any game, but he is very vocal about this one. You know that Bill works hard both on the field and off. You talk to other players on the team and they complain about the referee’s call also.

97. In the preceding story, both Bill and the other players expressed concern about the referee’s call. This demonstrates

a. low distinctiveness.

b. low consistency.

c. high consistency

d. high consensus.

(d) Medium/Analysis

98. The fact that Bill seldom complains about the referees suggests he has

a. low distinctiveness.

b. high distinctiveness.

c. high consistency.

d. low consensus.

(b) Medium/Evaluation

99. In this scenario, given what you know about the referee’s call, you could explain Bill’s behavior as

a. internal attribution.

b. external attribution.

c. self-serving bias.

d. self-fulfilling prophecy.

(b) Difficult/Synthesis

100. Which of the following statements about attribution is correct?

a. Attributions depend only on consensus, distinctiveness and consistency.

b. When faced with poor performance, one punishes the person more if we make an external attribution.

c. If someone’s failure is due to internal causes, we feel empathy and offer help.

d. If we make an external attribution to someone’s goal achievement, we are less likely to reward the individual.

(d) Difficult/Synthesis

101. Internal attribution occurs with

a. low consensus, high distinctiveness, and high consistency.

b. high consensus, high distinctiveness, and high consistency.

c. low consensus, low distinctiveness, and high consistency.

d. high consensus, low distinctiveness, and high consistency.

(c) Medium/Analysis

102. Which of the following statements regarding individual differences and ethics is true?

a. People with an economic value orientation tend to make more ethical choices.

b. Employees with internal locus of control make more unethical choices.

c. We tend to underestimate how ethical we are.

d. How we make attributions in a given situation will determine how we respond to others’ actions.

(d) Medium/Analysis

105. Hofstede found that countries differ on the equality or hierarchy among people or its

a. uncertainty avoidance.

b. power distance.

c. masculinity.

d. individualism

(b) Easy/Knowledge

106. People from Europe and the United States have higher levels of ___________ than that of Asia and Africa

a. introversion

b. extraversion

c. consensus

d. agreeableness

(b) Medium/Comprehension

107. Which of the following statements regarding the universality of personality traits is correct?

a. There is no difference in the dominant personality trait in countries the world over.

b. In regions that suffered from infectious diseases, openness to experiences is less dominant.

c. The five-factor model of personality traits is not universally useful.

d. The presence of democratic values in a culture is associated with introversion.

(b) Difficult/Evaluation