Often we assume other people's behavior is due to their personality and we underestimate the influence of the situation. This cognitive bias is also known as ______________
a. confirmation bias
b. false consensus bias
c. false uniqueness bias
d. fundamental attribution error
d
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The idea that Freud's theory was based, in part, on prevailing values during his lifetime implies that psychology's development is influenced by the
a. social context. b. empirical context. c. historical context. d. sociohistorical context.
What did psychiatrists in the mid to late nineteenth century believe was the primary cause of emotional problems?
A. An imbalance of the four humors B. The depletion of bodily energies as a result of excesses in living C. Untreated brain damage during birth D. The rejection of religious values
All of the following are principles explain the functioning of psychic energy except _____
a. differentiation principle c. equivalence principle b. opposition principle d. entropy principle
Where does shyness originate?