The theory of ________ describes how we use others' behavior as a basis for inferring their stable dispositions

A) causal inference
B) correspondent inference
C) implicit personality
D) causal attribution
E) attributional inference


Answer: B

Psychology

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Edward Tolman studied rats running through mazes and found that ____

a. ?the rats who were both punished for incorrect choices and rewarded for correct choices learned the maze faster than rats that were only either punished or rewarded b. ?the rats’ ability to cognitively process the maze had no effect on their success in reaching the end c. ?rats that had been allowed to wander through the maze without rewards learned the maze more quickly than normal once they began to be rewarded for reaching the end d. ?primary reinforcers were more effective than secondary reinforcers in teaching the rats to successfully navigate the maze

Psychology

Compared with other research designs (e.g., correlational designs), true experiments provide researchers with superior information about:

A) experimental artifacts B) group differences C) procedural confounds D) causality

Psychology

Mischel proposed the ___________, which states that while a person’s personality is inconsistent across different situations, it is much more consistent within situations.

a. person-situation debate b. social-cognitive theory c. learning hypothesis d. locus of control hypothesis

Psychology

A study found that judges who presided over jury trials disagreed with the jury's verdict about ________ percent of the time

a. 10 b. 25 c. 50 d. 75

Psychology