When their friend Vincent was walking down the hall after a
pleasant conversation, Neil and Michaela watched as he suddenly tripped and fell to the floor, scattering his schoolbooks all over the hallway. They ran over to him, helped him pick up his books, and commented, "I didn't know that the floor was so slippery in this part of the hall!" Neil and Michaela have made a _____ attribution to explain why Vincent fell over.
A) dispositional B) assistive
C) situational D) cooperative
C
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a. ?low interrater reliability b. ?high diagnostic specificity c. ?statistical conformity d. ?the neurotic-psychotic distinction
The United States and European coping styles tend to follow:
a. collectivist values. b. Individualistic values c. collectivistic values, emphasizing interdependence on others. d. Research has not examined cultural differences in coping because culture is too difficult to measure.
Guilford wrote that creativity requires different thinking than that normally assessed by IQ tests. He stated that IQ tests measure
a. divergent thinking, while creativity requires convergent thinking. b. convergent thinking, while creativity requires divergent thinking. c. concrete thinking, while creativity requires abstract thinking. d. fluid intelligence, while creativity requires crystallized intelligence.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.