If we observe someone donating to a charity during the holiday season, we probably assume she is a generous person. This is called the:

a. false consensus hypothesis
b. actor-observer bias
c. self-serving bias
d. locus of control effect


b

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Which of Freud’s personality types does Steve display? What evidence is there for it? What would have caused it?

What will be an ideal response?

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If I am given 10 math problems, and I can and do solve the first nine in the same way, I may struggle with the tenth problem if it requires a different method to solve it. This best illustrates the concept of

A) the salience of surface properties. B) thin slicing. C) mental sets. D) hindsight bias.

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In comparison to teen males:

a. fewer teen females attempt suicide. b. more teen females commit suicide. c. teen females attempt more violent suicides. d. none of these

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