Doyle has never met Sierra, but he has heard that she is attractive and a lot of fun. When he calls her on the phone to arrange a date, he is charming and charismatic. In response to his manner, Sierra is poised and relaxed, just as he expected she would be. This situation illustrates the concept of:
a. a self-fulfilling prophecy
b. the fundamental attribution error
c. a self-serving bias
d. stereotypes
A
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a. adenine. b. thymine. c. cytosine. d. simple sugar.
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a. ?transfer of training b. ?task-oriented focus c. ?feedback assessment d. ?critical incidents
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a. using concepts of time, space, and number b. abstract reasoning c. conservation d. reversibility
There is a chapter titled Behavior Is Flexible, But Not Infinitely Flexible. In the
opening quote that set the tone for that chapter, the Brelands said that ____ behavior drifted toward ____ behavior. (a) instinctive, learned (b) instinctive, conditioned (c) learned, instinctive (d) flexible, learned