If the cause of someone's misfortune can be blamed on _____________ attributions, then there is less pressure to help them.

A. dispositional
B. external
C. suppositional
D. integral


Answer: A

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Don reports to a therapist’s office where his degree of functioning is measured. Afterwards the therapy course is explained to him, and then Don signs a form agreeing to the goals of the group members are trying to achieve. Don is most likely in a cognitive-behavioral therapy group.

  a.  True   b.  False

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The degree of contingency is highest when

a. Pr (outcome|behavior) = 1 and Pr (outcome|no behavior) = 0. b. Pr (outcome|behavior) = 1 and Pr (outcome|no behavior) = 1. c. Pr (outcome|behavior) = 5 and Pr (outcome|no behavior) = 0. d. Pr (outcome|behavior) = .5 and Pr (outcome|no behavior) = .5.

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It is easiest to depict the shape of the distribution using a ______.

A. measure of central tendency B. frequency table C. measure of variability D. graph

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Farroukh is a university tennis coach who wants to minimize out-group bias between his diverse student-athletes. Drawing on prejudice research, he decides to engage them in a cooperative group activity. This approach is most likely to succeed if

A. everything goes smoothly so that the athletes achieve success easily and with little stress. B. the athletes are explicitly told that the point of the activity is to reduce out-group bias. C. the athletes are just meeting each other for the first time. D. the activity requires interdependence among the athletes for a successful outcome.

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