Error management theory predicts and finds that . . .
a. Men tend to misperceive women’s friendly behavior as a sign of sexual interest
b. Women tend to underestimate a man’s intentions to remain with her after they have sex
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above
c. Both of the above
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Professor Salazar is talking to his class about suicide among young people. He tells them, "Approximately 38,000 people kill themselves each year in the United States. Over the past ten years, suicides for young people aged 15 to 24 increased 20 percent for males and 42 percent for females. In 2007, suicide was the leading cause of death for young people aged 10 to 24 years old. Recent research
also indicates that suicide rates are much higher for college students than for their peers who don't attend college." Which part of Professor Salazar's statement is accurate? a. Recent research indicates that suicide rates are much higher for college students than for their peers who don't attend college. b. Over the past ten years, suicides for young people aged 15 to 24 increased 20 percent for males and 42 percent for females. c. In 2007, suicide was the leading cause of death for young people aged 10 to 24 d. Approximately 38,000 people kill themselves each year in the United States.
You are walking into a store when a man rudely cuts in front of you, almost shoving you against a store display. "What a jerk!" you think to yourself until you see the same man performing an emergency tracheotomy on a woman with a collapsed windpipe in the store. You have just
a. discounted a person's actions due to situational demands. b. self-handicapped. c. overemphasized the object in this action sequence. d. made the fundamental attribution error.