The tendency to explain our successes according to our personal abilities and attribute our failures to forces beyond our control is called ______
a. the primacy effect
b. defensive attribution
c. the fundamental attribution error
d. self-delusional thought
B
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Which of the following statements is true of the Mueller-Lyer illusion?
a) In this illusion, subjects viewing the two figures typically judge the line with the arrowheads pointing out as longer. b) In this illusion, subjects viewing the two figures typically judge the line with the arrowheads pointing in as longer. c) In this illusion, subjects typically judge the horizontal line as longer. d) In this illusion, subjects typically judge the vertical line as longer.
In boys, the physical growth spurt begins at about ____ years old.
A. 10-11 B. 11-12 C. 13-14 D. 15-16
Explain what APA style is, and why it is important.
What will be an ideal response?
Jarmin is a sports announcer who has an overwhelming fear of flying. He will spend hours or days driving from coast to coast for a job and has even turned down jobs because he could not get to that job on time by taking the train or by traveling by car. The few times he has tried to get on a plane, he became dizzy and sick to his stomach. Jarmin would be diagnosed with
a. agoraphobia. b. acute stress disorder. c. a panic disorder. d. a specific phobia.