Judy decides to withdraw from her psychology class because she believes she must drop one of the classes she is taking, and the psychology class is the most boring and meets at 8:00 a.m., a time of day during which she would rather sleep. Judy's behavior is best thought of as an example of:
a. the halo effect.
b. felicific calculus.
c. the actor-observer bias.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Answer: b. felicific calculus.
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