An external attribution occurs when individuals attribute the cause of a person's behavior to:
a. a personality trait or disposition
b. a situation in the environment
c. a factor that the individual cannot control
d. a factor that the individual can control
B
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When working with someone from another culture, it is important to:
a. heavily educate them in Western culture to speed up the acculturation process. b. pair them with a roommate who speaks English to help him/her learn the language. c. remember that people will acculturate at their own rate and need to be respected for who and what they are. d. treat them the same as anybody else.
Which of the following school schedules would be most beneficial to adolescents because of their sleep cycles?
classes beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending around 3:10 p.m. classes beginning at 6:20 a.m. and ending around 3:10 p.m. classes beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m. classes beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 1:00 p.m.
Children who are withdrawn, fearful, moody, and lack independence tend to have parents who are:
a. permissive b. authoritative c. authoritarian d. indifferent
The recency effect occurs when participants are asked to recall a list of words. One way to eliminate the recency effect is to
A. have participants say "la, la, la" while studying the list. B. present the list more slowly. C. have participants count backwards for 30 seconds after hearing the last word of the list. D. have participants see the words on a screen, rather than hear them.