Question

A referee at a soccer game notices that another referee made multiple incorrect calls and loudly criticizes the referee for being incompetent. When it is pointed out to the critical referee that she herself has made multiple incorrect calls, she blames each on poor visibility. This situation best exemplifies which of the following principles?

1. Causation bias

2. The fundamental attribution error

3. Self-serving bias

A. I only

B. II only

C. I, II, and III

D. II and III only

Answer 1

A referee at the soccer game-------------- poor visibility .This situation best examplifies-----:

(D) 2&3 only

2) the fundamental attribution error

3) self serving bias

The fundamental attribution error occurs when we explain other's behaviour based on personality or other internal factors while own behaviour based on situational factors.

Self serving bias is people' s tendency to attribute positive events to their own character but negetive events to external factors.