The fundamental attribution error suggests that people have a tendency to make attributions based on character (dispositional) even when they know that the behavior is situational
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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More American college students than Chinese students were able to solve the cave problemby recalling the “Hansel and Gretel” story, while more Chinese students than American students solved the statue’s weight problem by recalling the “weighing of the elephant” fable. These differing percentages illustrate all of the following EXCEPT that
a. The culture we grow up in affects our ability to use selective comparison to solve problems. b. Being exposed to a similar problem is the past helps the students’ problem solving. c. Both groups of students exhibited functional fixedness regarding the stories they hadheard in childhood. d. Every culture prepares its members to solve some types of problems more easily than others.
Maslow believes the most basic needs a person has are
a. physiological. b. safety. c. security. d. social.
Which of the following are structures of the basal ganglia?
a. hypothalamus, corpus callosum, thalamus b. globus pallidus, caudate nucleus, putamen c. cortex, reticular formation, hippocampus d. none of these
According to information presented in Chapter 5, researchers have found that one of the following is preferable for lineups in most situations. Which one?
A. sequential presentation B. simultaneous presentation C. elimination lineup D. showup