When one does not consider an external situation as a determinant of someone's behavior but rather believes the behavior is caused by internal factors specific to the person, this is an example of
A. behavioral confirmation
B. internalized false confessions
C. fundamental attribution error
D. illusory causation
C
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According to the social learning explanation of gender differences in communication,
a. our culture reinforces men's position of power and social status. b. children are reinforced for gender-appropriate nonverbal behavior and punished for gender-inappropriate nonverbal behavior. c. women and girls need to learn more masculine styles of behavior in order to be successful. d. people with high social status seldom notice the nonverbal behavior of other people.
Research on sexually coercive men (men who commit date rapes or stranger rapes) suggests that these men ____
a. tend to lack basic social skills and basic dating skills b. have a strong sexual motivation and place a high value on sexual conquests c. tend to have extremely low self-esteem d. tend to be homosexuals who vehemently deny their homosexual feelings
Which pairing is a CORRECT match of a person and a theory?
A) Freud and homeostasis B) Maslow and hierarchy of needs C) Watson and instinct theory D) James and psychoanalytic theory
When the probability of a Type I error is less than .05, we way that we have observed _____
a. a Type II error b. statistical significance c. the alternative hypothesis d. a Type II error and statistical significance