Attribution theory examines ________
a. the explanations people make about the causes of their own behaviors and the behaviors of others.
b. the psychological traits or "attributes" that a person possesses.
c. the way in which attitudes affect our behavior.
d. the tension caused by holding two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent.
Answer: a
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a. ?sensitization b. ?higher order conditioning c. ?habituation d. ?generalization
Structuralism required subjects to introspect in order to:
a. report on the basic elements of their mental processes b. complete objective measures of mental functioning c. assemble sensations into meaningful perceptions d. be psychoanalyzed
With alpha and N held constant, as the effect of the independent variable increases _________
a. the probability of rejecting H0 increases b. power increases c. the probability of rejecting H0 remains the same d. the probability of making a Type II error decreases e. a, b, and d
Linguistic abilities are located to a great extent in the ______.
A. left frontal and temporal lobes B. right parietal lobe C. left frontal and right occipital lobes D. left and right parietal lobes