We tend to infer dispositional causes for others' behavior, and we infer situational causes for our own behavior. This is known as
a. the false consensus effect
b. the self-serving attributional bias
c. the actor-observer bias
d. the self-centered bias
Answer: C
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Data presented in the textbook suggest that “sugary drink taxes” are largely ineffective 2. The adoption of a single-payer system would do little to reduce the administrative costs of health care in the United States. 3. Mammograms are cost-ineffective for women in the 40s. 4. Estrogen replacement therapy is a low-risk way of countering the side effects of menstruation. 5. One-third of all women with incomes under $15,000 per year have never even heard of a mammogram. 6. The average life expectancy in Europe exceeds that in Africa by more than 15 years 7. The proportion of people living with HIV who use antiretroviral therapy has approximately doubled since the turn of the millennium. 8. Most people in India who sold a kidney regretted it.
When a message that is being shadowed shifts from the attended ear to the unattended ear, listeners
a. stopped shadowing b. continued shadowing the message c. switched to a new message d. imagined hearing their names
When a person assumes that an attractive individual is also interesting, kind, sociable, and exciting, then he/she is demonstrating the _____
a) dispositional attribution. b) mere-exposure effect. c) halo effect. d) situational attribution.
During the day, 8-month-old Maria is cared for by her older sister. At night, whom does she typically sleep with?
a. her sister b. her mother c. her father d. her brother