Eric, a senior in high school, always boasted to his classmates that he should be homecoming king because he was the best football player the school had ever had, the most fit and attractive, and the most studious

His classmates knew most of Eric's claims were not true. Eric is suffering from ________. a) hostile attributional bias
b) narcissism
c) desensitization
d) excitation transfer issues


b

Psychology

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Psychology

If you stare for 30 seconds at a red object and

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Psychology