Lori, a person with whom you are not friends, volunteers at the local hospital. You assume that she is volunteering so that she will look good on her college applications. However, when your best friend adamantly refuses to volunteer his time, you assume it is because he is so busy with all of the other activities in his life. Which of the following attributional errors does this situation illustrate?
A. Actor-observer effect
B. Ultimate attribution error
C. Unrealistic optimism
D. Fundamental attribution error
Answer: B
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a. ?Pina has worked this puzzle many times before. b. ?Pina is bored by the task of building the puzzle. c. ?Pina has never worked this puzzle before and she finds the task difficult. d. ?Pina is an expert puzzle builder and is finding this puzzle easy to complete.
Of the following, the most common way that employers try to reduce employee stress related to child care is to:
a. provide an on-site child care center b. provide an off-site child care center c. subsidize the cost of child care d. allow the employee to bring the child to work in an emergency
Describe the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS). How are scores used?
What will be an ideal response?
The definition of the abstinence violation effect is that: a. the person has violated the principle of abstinence from the unwanted behavior, and there isno turning back after that
b. if someone continues to fail to cope, a lapse will become a relapse. c. some violation of the abstinence rule is considered OK as long as it's not too much. d. upon lapsing, persons feel guilty and conflicted, and blame themselves for backsliding.