All of the following are potential causes of the fundamental attribution error EXCEPT
a. it is more effortful to make a situational attribution.
b. dispositional inferences contribute to our belief in a just world.
c. people more readily capture our attention than aspects of the environment.
d. we have more access to information about ourselves than others.
Answer: d. we have more access to information about ourselves than others.
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a. mundane realism. b. experimental realism. c. internal validity. d. external validity.
What is the adaptive value of wisdom according to Csikszentmihalyi and Rathunde (1990)?
A. Wisdom results from an ideal combination of security and danger during the adolescent years. B. Wisdom is a requirement for the development of courage. C. Intelligence only results from wisdom. D. Through wisdom we make good choices when challenged by the social and physical world.
A major problem with systematic observation is
A) practice effects. B) selective attrition. C) biased sampling. D) observer influence.
Define and give examples of the target and study population, as well as a research sample
What will be an ideal response?