If I make a situational attribution about your behaviour, I am more likely to reward you or punish you than if I make a dispositional attribution.

Your best friend had her baby three months ago. After visiting with them on a couple of occasions it appears to you that her infant seems sad. You remember from your developmental course that infants can be sad. What else do you suspect?

a. Your friend's marriage is not going well. b. Your friend is likely depressed. c. You are probably mistaken about your friend's infant. d. The sadness is just a temporary phase that all infants pass through.

Regarding eye blink conditioning, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Eye blink conditioning is an example of the type of learning known as operant or instrumental conditioning. b. Patients in a vegetative state are not likely to be conditioned to make the eye blink or to recover any mental functions. c. Patients who are at least minimally conscious can be conditioned to make the eye blink and may recover some mental functions. d. Currently, some minimally conscious patients are misdiagnosed and are not offered appropriate therapy.