Your new housemate comes home from on-campus registration, throws his coat angrily on the floor, goes to his room, and slams the door without greeting you. You conclude that your housemate is a hostile, unfriendly person. Your conclusion is the result of ____
a. ?self-serving bias
b. ?the fundamental attribution error
c. ?situational bias
d. ?cognitive reappraisal
ANSWER: b. ?the fundamental attribution error
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If the CSI effect is real, then it would make juries
a. more likely to convict. b. less likely to convict. c. deliberate for a longer period of time. d. deliberate for a shorter period of time.
According to Sternberg, the ________ component of love encompasses the motivational drives relating to sex, physical closeness, and romance and is exemplified by intense, physiologically arousing feelings of attraction
A) passion B) decision/commitment C) companionate D) intimacy
Participants want to feel sure that their responses will note be shared with anyone outside of the immediate research group and that the results will not identify them by name. This refers to _____
a. informed consent b. debriefing c. confidentiality d. deception
Which of the following might be a component of a biologically based universal strategy for preventing mental illness?
a. Identifying people with a particular disorder and referring them for help b. Determining whether or not there is a family history of mental illness c. Encouraging regular physical activity d. Offering tuberculosis testing