Blueberry when she insists on testing a blueberry-flavored gum that hasn't been perfected yet; selfish Veruca Salt tries to steal a golden egg and falls down a chute; and television-obsessed Mike Teevee shrinks himself while playing with a transmitter
In the book and film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, greedy Augustus Gloop disappears into the river of chocolate; gum-addicted Violet Beauregard turns into a Only Charlie—from the poor but hardworking and loving family—makes it all the way to the tour's end, at which point he returns the everlasting gobstopper to Mr. Wonka, who rewards him by giving him the factory. The events in this story illustrate the
a. Eastern emphasis on context-dependent attributions.
b. Western emphasis on an independent self-concept.
c. belief in a just world.
d. fundamental attribution error.
Answer: C
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