Nicole's husband forgets their wedding anniversary. Nicole knows that her husband has been distracted by clients at work, so she isn't angry. When Nicole's husband brings her flowers the next day, she believes that he is a thoughtful husband. This tendency for Nicole to attribute negative behaviors to external factors and positive behaviors to internal factors most likely reflects which attribution error?

Which of the following answers best represents a value step for

an informative presentation on fire ants? a. I want to review the external anatomy of fire ants. b. A tour of the fire ant's external anatomy will help you understand why troublesome fire ants are so hard to get rid of. c. Besides inflicting painful, sometimes deadly, stings, fire ants can eat up your garden, damage your home, and harm your pets and local wildlife. d. Fire ants have an integument, a head, a thorax, and an abdomen. e. Fire ants are dangerous.

You are listening to a teammate who has rambled on about disad¬vantages to several different proposed solutions. According to the authors' criteria, which of the following would be a good way to ask for clarifica¬tion?

A. "Could you please get to the point?" B. Well, my own position is that we should adopt solution A. You haven't really said anything against it. C. "I think you've said that our first solution would not work because it's too expensive and our second solution would not be desirable because it violates our bylaws. Is that correct? D. All of the above E. None of the above