If you notice that your teacher has talked to almost all of the students in class except you today, you might conclude that she may be angry with you for some reason. This conclusion would be based on which factor related to attribution?
a. consistency
b. external cause
c. distinctiveness
d. situational demand
Answer is c. distinctiveness (This type of attribution refers to the extent to which a specific action engaged in by an individual is unusual or uncommon for that particular individual)
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a. caused by recessive gene pairings. b. infectious diseases that can cause intellectual disability. c. the most common forms of death for people with severe and profound intellectual disability. d. the result of per-natal and perinatal complications.
The reappearance, without any further conditioning, of a conditioned response to a conditioned stimulus at some point after extinction is called _____.
A. contiguity B. higher-order conditioning C. spontaneous recovery D. conditional timing
What is the probability of pulling a heart from a standard (52-card) deck of playing cards?
a. .25 b. .50 c. .75 d. 1.0
Cognitive-social theories have been particularly useful in treating ________
a. personality disorders b. depression c. organic disorders d. schizophrenia