Which of the following suggests that the speaker is making the fundamental attribution error?
a. "If I had not gotten married and had children, I could have had an exciting career."
b. "People do not conserve energy in this country because it is still relatively inexpensive."
c. "The guy at the next table did not leave a tip for the waitress because he is a cheapskate."
d. "Politics and religion cause more problems than they solve."
Answer: c. "The guy at the next table did not leave a tip for the waitress because he is a cheapskate."
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__________ is a type of counseling that relates closely to Freudian concepts like the influence of the unconscious. It requires patients to talk to a psychiatrist about their lives while the psychiatrist listens, analyzes, and interprets each word
a. Psychodynamic psychotherapy b. Manifest therapy c. Psychoanalysis d. Interpersonal therapy
Behavior therapy is based on the belief that
a. medications cause more harm than good. b. internal states, such as thoughts and feelings, are not as important as overt behavior. c. abnormal behavior is learned the same ways as normal behavior and can be unlearned. d. thoughts influence behavior and thoughts can be changed.