Dan likes his new roommate Tim. He invites Tim to go everywhere with him—parties, lunch, even to the grocery store. Dan feels he's being warm and welcoming to his new friend
Tim, however, doesn't understand why it seems that Dan can't do anything on his own, and seems to need his companionship constantly. The difference in how Dan and Tim perceive Dan's actions is an illustration of ________ in explaining social behavior.
a. explicit values
b. naïve realism
c. the need to belong
d. construals
Answer: D
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a. retrospective memory. b. implicit memory. c. prospective memory d. organizational mnemonics.
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a. intuitive b. conjunctive c. inductive d. kinesthetic
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A) the symbols and metaphors in a dream disguise a person's true unresolved problems. B) dreams are usually about our everyday problems and may even help us to solve those problems. C) there is no purpose to dreaming; dreams occur because of random brainstem signals. D) we are more likely to dream about good things that happen to us than about our problems.