GATE XH-C5 · 2023 · XH-C5
Question 50: C5.8 Social psychology
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Question 50
XH-C5MCQ2 marksNeeds review
Match the biases/effects in the first column with the descriptions in the second column of the table given below.
Biases/effects | Descriptions
P) Barnum Effect | i) Tendency to take credit for one’s success but downplaying responsibility for one’s failure
Q) Reference Group Effect | ii) Tendency to take blame for failure but downplay one’s role in the success
R) Self-Serving Bias | iii) Tendency to rate oneself with respect to one’s social and cultural group
S) Self-Effacing Bias | iv) Tendency to believe in description of personality that is supposed to describe oneself, but could in fact describe almost anyone
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2023XH-C5
GATE XH-C5 2023 · Paper 1
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) · Original paper archive
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- Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology)
- Question type
- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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