The tendency to attribute behavior to stable, internal characteristics has been called:

a. situational attribution
b. fundamental attributional error
c. personal preference thinking
d. naïve psychology


b

Psychology

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When threatening memories are made inaccessible, ____ has occurred

a. ?decay b. ?interference c. ?substitution d. ?repression

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Which of the following is a limitation of the Wiggins circumplex model?

A. It fails to alert investigators to gaps in investigations of interpersonal behavior. B. It is not able to specify the relationships between each trait and every other trait within the model. C. The definition of interpersonal behavior provided by this model is not explicit and precise. D. The interpersonal map provided by this model is restricted to two dimensions.

Psychology

Using memory skills such as getting better organized, paying attention, using visualization strategies, and rehearsing information for later retrieval are all considered

a) long-term memory strategies. b) short-term memory strategies. c) schema strategies. d) mnemonic strategies.

Psychology

If we believe that football players are not very intelligent, what will we do with the information that Joe got an A- on his midterm?

a. We will maintain the stereotype. b. We will see Joe as an exception to the stereotype. c. We will change the stereotype. d. none of the above

Psychology