The study of the judgements people make as to whether someone else behavior is due to something about that person or due to the persons situation is called ______

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Answer: attribution theory

Psychology

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Descartes's term for the site of body-mind interaction was the ____, because it is ____.?

a. ?conarium; duplicated in both brain hemispheres b. ?conarium; not duplicated in both brain hemispheres c. ?undulatio reflexa; duplicated in both brain hemispheres d. ?undulatio reflexa; not duplicated in both brain hemispheres e. ?pineal gland; located near the heart

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Incomplete dominance occurs when

a. a recessive gene overpowers a dominant gene. b. there is a compromise between the effect of two genes. c. a dominant gene overpowers a recessive gene. d. genetic effects are overpowered by environmental factors.

Psychology

Which of the following are types of superstitions?

a. psychodynamic theories b. pseudopsychologies c. structuralism and functionalism d. humanistic theories

Psychology

Renee Baillargeon studied object permanence by showing infants possible events and impossible events. In the possible event, a screen rotated until it made contact with a box, at which point it began rotating backwards

In the impossible event, when the rotating screen reached the box, it continued to rotate, the box appeared to disappear, and the box reappeared after the screen rotated past it. She found that 4 ½-month-old infants looked a. longer at the impossible event than the possible event, suggesting they understood object permanence. b. longer at the possible event than the impossible event, suggesting they understood object permanence. c. at both events equally, suggesting they understood object permanence. d. at both events equally, suggesting they did not understand the concept of object permanence.

Psychology