An individual who recently had preventive bypass surgery might think, "At least I didn't have a serious heart attack like my older brother did." This thinking exemplifies the strategy known as
A) ?self-serving bias.
B) ?pessimistic explanatory style.
C) ?downward social comparison.
D) ?basking in reflected glory.
C
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Consider the following syllogism: All cats are birds. All birds have wings. All cats have wings. This syllogism is
A. valid. B. invalid. C. true. D. both valid and true.
The "run" on the bank mentioned in the text is an example of how panic may lead to ______.
A. attributional ambiguity B. a central trait C. self-fulfilling prophecy D. halo effect
Collett and Marsh (1974) videotaped instances when two people met in a hallway to avoid collision. This type of research is called
a. naturalistic observation b. participant-observer c. case study d. archival
A clinical psychologist is most likely to hold
a. an Ed.D. b. either a Ph.D. or a Psy.D. c. either an M.S.W. or an M.D. d. an M.D. e. an M.S.W.