Kaleb works at the drive-up window at a bank
His most recent customer was not very friendly and looked quite sad. Kaleb assumed that the customer was just a moody, standoffish person. What he didn't know was that his customer had just come from the veterinarian's office where she learned of her beloved dog's cancer diagnosis. Kaleb's attempt at explaining his customer's behavior can be best described as a(n) _____.
Fill in the blank with correct word
Answer: dispositional attribution OR internal attribution
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Suppose that you hear a guest lecturer who says, "We must remember that expertise is typically context-specific." Another way of stating this point is that
a. a person's expertise is often limited to one specific area; he or she may have average-level performance in other areas. b. an expert is even more likely than a novice to demonstrate encoding specificity. c. an expert is more likely than a novice to show dissociation on a variety of tasks. d. an expert's performance is limited to the structure of his or her knowledge, rather than organizational or rehearsal processes.
Tiffany tells her husband that she thinks their dog is embarrassed to be walked around the neighborhood in the sweater that she knitted for him. This is almost certainly an example of
a. divergent thinking. b. stereotype threat. c. anthropodenial. d. anthropomorphism.