After seeing a friend of yours being uncharacteristically quiet, you decide that your friend must be depressed
You later find out that your friend is not depressed but sleepy from staying up all night working on a term paper. You made this error because you failed to distinguish between observation and inference.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false
ANSWER: True
Psychology
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a) group pressure b) cognitive dissonance c) secondary processes d) response cues
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