Jason waits until the last week to begin his term paper and finds all the "good resources" checked out. When he receives a D on his paper, he explains to his parents about the lack of materials he had to work with in order to "pull this paper together." Jason's procrastination provided him with an excuse for his poor performance. This example illustrates the concept __________
A) ?self-handicapping.
B) ?actor-observer bias.
C) ?the fundamental attribution error.
D) ?the autokinetic effect.
Answer : A) ?self-handicapping.
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The __________ describes a person's ability to better retrieve information when in the same situation in which the information was first encoded
a. state dependency effect b. context effect c. retrieval bolstering effect d. law of effect
Pedersen and colleagues (2007) used path analyses to determine whether measures such as disruptive behavior at ages 6 and 7 are related to how lonely children feel when they are 12 and 13 years old. An advantage of this type of analysis is that
A) the causes of loneliness can be isolated and measured. B) the path to loneliness can be traced back to experiences at an earlier age. C) participants are not affected by the researcher's expectations. D) random assignment eliminates observer bias.
Research on handedness demonstrates that
A) handedness is strongest for simple skills requiring little practice or training. B) the orientation of most fetuses—facing toward the right—probably causes right-handedness. C) right-handers are more likely than left-handers to develop outstanding verbal and mathematical talents. D) most left-handers have no developmental problems.
Many CA3 neurons project to a dense network of additional neurons creating an ______________ network of recurrent connectivity.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).