Define internal and external attributions and explain their relationship to actor-observer bias.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies.
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Creative people are better able to generate different ideas or more complex ideas from a single starting point. Being able to generate these ideas is also known as ___________
a. familiarity b. strategy c. divergent thinking d. expertise
Chris is feeling the effects of a "dual income" family. Chris is more confident and has higher career aspirations than may other kids. What can we conclude about Chris? Chris is
a. an adolescent girl. b. an adolescent boy. c. either a boy or a girl. d. confused about the future.
What theory of emotion states that the emotion typically occurs before arousal and behavior?
a. the original, or common-sense, theory b. Schachter and Singer's theory c. Cannon and Bard's theory d. James and Lange's theory
Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman (1987) analyzed the press quotations of 94 members of baseball's Hall of Fame and found that those who routinely offered pessimistic explanations for bad events, like losing big games, were more likely to:
A. experience divorce. B. play more aggressively. C. die at younger ages. D. earn lower salaries.