Rosie got a bad grade on a test. Instead of admitting that she didn't study as much as she should have, she tells her parents that it is because the teacher didn't prepare her well enough and that she was having a bad day. This is due to:

A) the correspondence bias.
B) the self-fulfilling prophecy.
C) situational attribution.
D) dispositional attribution.


C) situational attribution.

Psychology

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Devin was recently injured in a car accident on his way home from school. Afterwards, he was physically fine and had just a couple of scratches. However, he began to realize that he did not remember anything for the 2 hours before the accident. Devin is experiencing:

A) anterograde amnesia. B) proactive interference. C) memory consolidation. D) retrograde amnesia.

Psychology

When would a child's Bayley test scores be average?

a. There are no norms, so an average score cannot be determined. b. When the infant can complete 100 percent of the items for his or her age group. c. When the infant passes the test at the age at which 50 percent of other infants pass the test. d. It differs from child to child based upon genetics and environment.

Psychology

Researchers studying changes in the makeup of the body during adolescence are interested in the ________ topical area of development

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Explain how an experiment is used to understand the cause of a phenomenon by describing the three conditions for causal inference an experiment meets.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology