Skinner generalized his personal failure as a writer into a lifelong distrust of the literary method of

Which of the following is true of the fundamental attribution error?

a. people tend to make dispositional attributions about themselves b. people tend to make situational attributions about themselves c. people tend to make personological attributions about others d. some of the above e. all of the above

Professor Smith is conducting a research study on discrimination; however, he is afraid that if he tells subjects the true nature of his research they might provide a socially desirable response and skew his results

To minimize socially desired responses and skewed results Professor Smith may use ______. a. deception b. informed consent c. an intuitional review board d. a debriefing