What is attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor operating within the situation

a) primacy effect
b) internal attribution
c) situational attribution
d) self-serving bias


c) situational attribution

Psychology

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Feeling close or connected to someone is characteristic of which component of Sternberg's theory of love?

a. compassion c. intimacy b. commitment d. passion

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An explanation for the finding that for every hour 8- to 16-month-old infants watched an educational DVD they understood 8 to 16 fewer words than infants who watched no DVDs is ______

a. infants who watch DVDs spend less time interacting with the people around them b. infants who watch DVDs spend more time interacting with the people around them c. infants who watched DVDs spend less time looking at books d. the parents of infants who watch DVDs do not emphasize language development

Psychology

What is one potential criticism of methods used to assess emotional autonomy?

A) Interview questions may be too difficult for adolescents to comprehend. B) That people who claim they are emotionally autonomous on questionnaires may not really be independent. C) Questionnaire methods often contain so many items that adolescents may lose interest in the task. D) Emotional autonomy scores often are not correlated with behavioral autonomy scores from other assessments.

Psychology

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggests that a woman's request for pain relief during childbirth should be honored only as a last resort following the failure of other childbirth techniques

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Psychology