Terrance, a Canadian, is watching the Olympics. Whenever his country wins an event, Terrance boasts about the skills and talents of the Canadian athletes. Whenever another country wins an event, he claims that the athletes of that country “got lucky.” Terrance is demonstrating ____
a. ?the actor-observer effect
b. ?how people tend to attribute the behaviors of ingroups and outgroups differently
c. ?an illusory correlation between the teams’ skills and their nationality
d. ?how reference groups can be compared based on schemas
ANSWER:
b
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a. ?frontotemporal degeneration b. ?had a cerebrovascular accident c. ?Alzheimer's disease. d. ?mild cognitive impairment
Neuroscientists believe that receptors sensitive to the presence of food-related hormones are contained in the ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Although you have never taken a class with Dr. Hua, you
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To Jones our unique destiny is
a. a mysterious quality which is very elusive. b. identified by serious introspection or formal study. c. something that is present within ourselves now. d. none of the above