The tendency to give too much emphasis to personal factors when accounting for other people's actions is called
A) the primacy effect.
B) defensive attribution.
C) the fundamental attribution error.
D) the just world hypothesis.
Answer: C
Rationale: The fundamental attribution error is a tendency to make internal (dispositional) attributions for others' behaviors while ignoring external (situational) influences.
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The primary sex characteristics develop as __________
a) the fetus is growing in the womb when hormones are released to stimulate certain types of development. b) proper hormones in the mother's milk stimulate the growth of the sex organs. c) the baby is raised as a male or female. The behavioral cues stimulate the baby to release the appropriate male or female hormones and develop as such. d) during puberty.
In Hasari's study, the dependent variable is
a. parental involvement. b. the type of toys shared. c. sharing of toys. d. none of these.