Author Question: Raza performed very poorly on an essay test in her Social Psychology class. Later, Raza learned that ... (Read 92 times)

asd123 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Raza performed very poorly on an essay test in her Social Psychology class. Later, Raza learned that the professor had been particularly harsh in his grading that day because he had just received some upsetting news.

Raza's sense of well-being is likely to ________.
A) be slightly damaged by the negative news, but Raza should recover fairly quickly
B) be protected from the news of the poor grade because she can make an external attribution as to the cause
C) be significantly improved because she can make an internal and stable attribution as to the cause of her poor grade
D) be greatly improved, but only if she can get the professor to reconsider her grade a grade which she feels is undeserved
E) be seriously damaged by the negative news

Question 2

Recent research on prejudice suggests that attributing a negative personal outcome to prejudice may be protective of one's self-esteem if the prejudice is ________,

while it may be harmful to one's overall sense of psychological well-being if the prejudice is ________.
A) limited in duration; seen as being a fundamental part of the individual
B) seen as pervasive; seen as being limited
C) seen as being limited; seen as pervasive
D) seen as being a fundamental part of the individual; limited in duration
E) seen as being fundamental to the society at large; limited in duration