How is the ultimate attribution error(UAE) different from the other pervasive attributional biases such as the fundamental attribution error, the self-serving bias and the actor-observer effect?
Correct answer: B. UAE refers to attributional biases that occur at the group level
- A. UAE underlies all the other biases
- B. UAE refers to attributional biases that occur at the group level
- C. UAE only applies to ingroups
- D. UAE refers to attributional biases that occur the individual level
- E. a and bDownload Reference Apps
Explanation
The ultimate attribution error extends attributional bias to relations between groups, such as explaining an outgroup’s actions by personality but an ingroup’s actions by circumstances. The other listed biases generally describe individual-level attribution patterns.
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