Before agreeing to help out at the local homeless shelter, Sharon weighs the costs (e.g., getting up at dawn) and benefits (e.g., feeling good about herself) of doing so. This strategy is best explained by the:

When people attribute guilt to victims, they are manifesting

a. stereotype priming b. individualistic thinking c. a situational attribution d. just world thinking e. the fundamental attribution error

Chandler is high in academic self-esteem and motivation. He is likely to

A) credit his successes to luck. B) use mastery-oriented attributions. C) credit his failures to ability. D) develop learned helplessness.