Even though it was clear that another student, Raul, accidentally pushed Noah, Noah insisted that Raul did it on purpose. What phenomenon is this?
A. iatrogenic effect
B. hostile attributional bias
C. status bias
D. in-group vs. out-group
Answer: B
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George was born in 1925 and grew up during the Great Depression. His values and ideas were shaped largely by the poverty of the Depression and the effect it had on him and his family. Martha was born in 1953 and grew up in the relative affluence of 1950s "baby boom" America. To the extent that their ideas about life are tied to their time and culture of birth, the differences that exist between George's and Martha's attitudes and values can be largely attributed to __________ differences.
A. age B. reference group C. idiosyncratic D. cohort
Personality disorders are listed on Axis III.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to the social cognition approach to stereotypes, we form stereotypes primarily
a. because of our normal cognitive processes. b. because we dislike certain categories of people. c. because we feel guilty, and we want to blame other categories of people for some problems. d. because of factors that evolutionary psychology can explain.
When statistics are age-adjusted, the country with the lowest annual mortality rate is
France. Switzerland. Canada. Japan.