We tend to believe that other people's actions are due to

a. situational factors.
b. their personal traits.
c. the situations they are in.
d. random chance and luck.
e. what is on that person's mind.


b. their personal traits.

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a. experimenter effects. b. an effect of the dependent variable. c. enough samples. d. an effect of the independent variable.

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A) social pressure B) deindividuation C) evaluation apprehension D) diffusion of responsibility

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