Anna, a waitress, attributes Jack’s rudeness to the fact that she gave him a table in a noisy, crowded area of the restaurant. Which of the following describes Anna’s viewpoint?

a. Self-serving bias
b. Actor-observer bias
c. Dispositionism
d. Situationism


d. Situationism

Psychology

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A. discrimination B. selective attention C. generalization D. spontaneous extinction

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Central tendency is what type of statistic?

A. inferential B. descriptive C. bivariate D. covariate

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The "fight-or-flight" response is almost identical to the "alarm reaction" stage of the general adaptation syndrome

a. True b. False

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Two-year-old Sven can use crayons and paper to draw pictures. According to Piaget, why is Sven drawing pictures?

A) He is presenting an outward representation of his internal thoughts. B) At this age, the drawings mean nothing; Sven is simply improving his motor skills. C) Sven is in the early stages of learning to write. D) He is presenting an outward manifestation of others' thoughts.

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