Roland was driving when someone cut in front of him and sped away down the highway. Roland shook his head and muttered "idiot" under his breath. "Why are people so stupid?!" he said. Roland's assessment is an example of a(n) __________

a. self-serving bias
b. attribution error
c. internal attribution
d. external attribution


Answer: C

Psychology

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When a parent responds positively to the coos and babbles of infants, leading to increased vocalizations, this supports the ____________________ theory view of language development

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Maggie was sent to the school psychologist for an intelligence test. Based on the results of that test, it was decided that she would do well in the gifted child program. This is an example of which goal of psychology?

a. Describing behavior b. Explaining behavior c. Predicting behavior d. Controlling behavior

Psychology

Patient attempts to verify information known by others, but is not shared

a. suspected awareness
b. closed awareness
c. mutual pretense
d. open awareness

Psychology

Familism is a

A) cultural emphasis on the importance of family. B) hereditary neurological condition. C) form of genetic determinism. D) form of insecure attachment.

Psychology