"As a sales representative for a major company, I often meet my sales quota and make lots of sales because of my hard work and skill. Sometimes, I don't make the quota, but it's because the company doesn't give me a list of potential customers." This person is experiencing:
A. fundamental attribution error
B. self-serving bias
C. actor-observer effect
D. groupthink
Answer: B
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a. additional developmental tasks. b. appraisal needs. c. prime adaptive ego qualities. d. radius significant others.
In self-management, the behavior that an individual engages in to influence the future occurrence of the target behavior is referred to as __________ behavior
a. respondent b. controlling c. controlled d. functional
The title of the group "Make Today Count" parallels which goal of death education?
a. preparing individuals for their public roles as citizens and professionals in society b. informing and guiding individuals in their personal transactions with society c. enriching the personal lives of participants d. all of these e. none of these
The conflicting interests over civil commitment were illustrated by the 1988 case of Joyce Brown, a homeless woman diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, who was
A. medicated against her will. B. hospitalized involuntarily. C. dangerous. D. suicidal.