________ occurs when a person chooses attributions for his or her own behavior that are favorable
a. The fundamental attribution error
b. The just-world error
c. The self-serving bias
d. Entrapment
c
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Research on gender differences in life expectancy shows that
a. White women live longer than White men, but there are no substantial gender differences in life expectancy for Black women and men. b. in almost every country in the world, women live longer than men. c. women have a significant advantage over men, with respect to both life expectancy and morbidity. d. once the data are corrected for gender differences in genetic and hormonal factors, men and women are similar in their life expectancy.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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Clay has played professional soccer for seven years and is easily able to tune out the sound of the crowd and all other irrelevant sensory information during the game
Bruce is a rookie and is often distracted by what his opponents are saying and the mood of the crowd. Clay and Bruce are showing differing levels of A) absolute thresholds. B) parallel processing. Incorrect. Parallel processing refers to the ability to attend to many sense modalities simultaneously. C) selective attention. D) top-down processing.
Going along with antisocial behavior by peers is strongest among
A) 3rd graders. B) 6th graders. C) 9th graders. D) 12th graders.