The fundamental attribution error refers to
a. people's tendencies to ignore situational causes of behavior and favor internal explanations.
b. people's tendencies to ignore internal causes of behavior and favor external explanations.
c. people's tendencies to deal with someone else's behavior without trying to figure out what made them behave that way.
d. people's tendencies to go along with the majority opinion in deciding what caused an event rather than reasoning it out for themselves.
a
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a. ?archival b. ?biased c. ?valid d. ?reliable
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A. linguistic speech. B. nonsymbolic speech. C. motherese. D. prelinguistic speech.
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A) ?the Spearman correlation B) ?the point-biserial correlation C) ?the phi coefficient D) ?the simple correlation
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a. have been random and unsystematic b. are signs that the brain is becoming organized but have little significance for physical growth c. are only made in response to loud sounds made outside the womb d. resemble many complex movements made by newborn babies, such as sucking, swallowing, and yawning