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bias, sometimes
referred
to
as
the ultimate
attribution
error, describes a tendency to make internal attributions about our in groups successes, and
external attributions about their setbacks, and to make the opposite pattern of attributions about
our outgroups (Taylor & Doria, 1981).
5.5 Victim-blaming biases
Another bias that increases the likelihood of victim-blaming is termed the just world
hypothesis, which is a tendency to make attributions based on the belief that the world is
fundamentally just. In other words, that the outcomes people experience are fair.
egalitarianism. Less powerful citizens of such societies tend to accept this unequal power
distribution. In high power distance culture,it is acceptable for a supervisor to display his
authority.Managers rarely interact or socialize with workers.
A low power-distance society emphasizes egalitarianism and shared power. The leader in
such a society is a "first-among equals." There may be a moral and cognitive aspect to the powerdistance dimension. Supervisors are expected to treat employees respectfully.Managers socialize
and interact with workers more often.
References:
Levine, R. (2012). Time use and happiness: Implications for social policy. Thimpu, Bhutan:
Centre for Bhutanese Studies.
Edward T. Hall, Beyond Culture, Anchor Books, 1977, p. 91-131
Lakoff, G. (2002). Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think. Chicago: University
Of Chicago Press.
Taylor, D. M., & Doria, J. R. (1981). Self-serving and group-serving bias in attribution. The
Journal of Social Psychology, 113(2), 201-211.