Participants in an experiment judged a woman as unfriendly, even though they were told her unfriendliness was part of her trained role in the experiment. This tendency to overemphasize personal factors and underemphasize situational factors is called
A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) action identification.
C) the actor-observer difference.
D) illusion of control.
Answer: A
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Early structuralist psychologists attempted to study perception using:
A) introspection. B) free association. C) intelligence tests. D) illusions.
A child touches a hot stove and immediately withdraws his hand due to the activation of:
A) the brain. B) the sympathetic nervous system. C) a reflex arc. D) the parasympathetic nervous system.
According to Dollard and Miller, which of the following are guided by cues so that they bring about a reward?
a. drives b. responses c. situational determinants d. traits
Innitech has hired Bob, a consultant, to complete a job analysis for the company's computer technician positions. To complete this task, Bob must specifically define the
A. manner in which the employee will be compensated. B. relative position of the job in the company hierarchy. C. financial impact of the job on the company. D. tasks involved in the job and the qualities of the person needed to do the job.