Inferring that a person's traits caused his or her behavior is known as a(n) __________

a. situational attribution
b. dispositional attribution
c. extrinsic attribution
d. external attribution


Answer: B

Psychology

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It would not be correct to describe the behaviour of people queuing for a bus as a collective behaviour because:

a. it is not large enough b. it is governed by appropriate social norms c. it does not have a clear leader motivating the action d. interstimulation is absent among the participants e. it is unplanned in the course of its development

Psychology

The most informative assessments are

A) written tests. B) demonstrations. C) tests of independent performance. D) tests of assisted performance.

Psychology

The study of the physiological basis of cognition is known as

A. cognitive psychology. B. neuroscience. C. cognitive neuroscience. D. neuropsychology.

Psychology

Which of the following statements regarding vision is true?

A. The eye converts neural energy to light energy. B. Visual perception happens in the brain, with input from the eye. C. Visual information is exclusively processed in the eye and sent to the brain. D. Most of what we experience as vision actually happens in the eye.

Psychology