The tendency of people to explain their own behavior in terms of situational factors and
others' behavior in terms of dispositional factors is termed
a. belief in a just world.
b. the actor-observer effect.
c. the distinctiveness principle.
d. self-serving bias.
e. the fundamental attribution error.
b. the actor-observer effect.
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a. Inability to form procedural memories during early childhood b. Inability to form any memories at all during early childhood c. Tendency to forget episodic memories from early childhood d. Anterograde amnesia that results from trauma in early childhood
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a. weak artificial intelligence b. strong artificial intelligence c. good old fashioned artificial intelligence d. Turing’s artificial intelligence
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a. pubescent influences b. senescent influences c. polygenic influences d. environmental influences
Which of the following would be the most promising treatment for Huntington's disease?
A. enhancing formation of glutamine chains B. increasing production of huntingtin C. blocking formation of glutamine chain clustering D. decreasing production of BDNF