Which statement suggests that the speaker is committing the fundamental attribution error?
a. The people in the Jonestown cult had psychological problems.
b. Jones used powerful brainwashing methods to influence them.
c. I would probably have obeyed Jones’s commands.
d. Jones had a great deal of social power.
a. The people in the Jonestown cult had psychological problems.
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a. intellectual flexibility. b. competitiveness. c. role conflict. d. task completion.
A good predictor of happiness is
a. extraversion. c. self-esteem. b. optimism. d. all of these.
In the vignette near the beginning of Chapter 10 it appears that Stella Bridgman was helped most in her bereavement by
a. a church elder who told her that "God never gives us burdens heavier than we can bear" b. friends who tried not to mention the name of her son who had died c. individuals who urged Stella to "get over" her grief d. friends who brought food occasionally and made themselves available to her e. those who told Stella that they knew what she was feeling
The degree of association between each surface variable and the factors is called:
a. associative variability b. factor loading c. factor variability d. surface variability