Mischa believes she did well on her English exam because she is very intelligent but that she failed her Chemistry exam because her instructor is not very good. We may explain her beliefs in terms of
a. the fundamental attribution error. b. reciprocity.
c. self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. the actor-observer effect. e. self-serving bias.
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Simon cringes every time he hears a dentist's drill, even when he is sitting in the waiting room of his dentist's office. In this example, cringing in the waiting room is
a. an unconditioned response. b. a conditioned stimulus. c. a conditioned response. d. an unconditioned stimulus.
Wendell can tell that the trees on the mountain are very far away, because rather than being able to see individual trees and the spaces between them, he just perceives a big green patch. Which depth cue best describes this?
a. linear perspective b. visual expansion c. texture gradient d. motion parallax
A major concern with using self-help books rather than seeking out professional guidance and assistance is that
A) self-help authors are just writing them to make money rather than help people. B) the claims made in most self-help books have never been scientifically tested. C) few clinicians would ever recommend such materials to their clients. D) self-help books tend to challenge conventional wisdom and are more effective than seeing a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist.
Lf we drew a random sample from an introductory psychology class, to whom could we generalize our results?
a. all of human kind b. the university c. all psychology students d. the students in that introductory psychology class