When the British made a group of German civilians walk through a concentration camp at the close of World War II, one German responded: "What terrible criminals these prisoners must have been to receive such treatment." This comment is an example of:
A. hindsight bias.
B. impact bias.
C. overgeneralization bias.
D. group-serving bias.
Answer: D
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What will be an ideal response?
Casey says she feels bad because she broke her mother's vase. This feeling is most consistent with the
a. ego. c. id. b. superego. d. positive regard.
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a. 4 to 6 c. 7 to 9 b. 5 to 7 d. 9 to 11
Social interactionists __________
A) note that brain regions housing language also govern similar perceptual and cognitive abilities, such as the capacity to analyze musical patterns B) point out that grammatical competence may depend more on specific brain structures than other components of language C) hold that an active child strives to communicate, which cues her caregivers to provide appropriate language experiences D) assume that children make sense of their complex language environments by applying powerful cognitive capacities of a general kind