A. Self-serving bias
B. Balance principle
C. Cognitive dissonance model
D. Fundamental attribution error
Related Mcqs:
- College students routinely underestimate how much time it was take them to complete assigned course projects. This best illustrates the impact of:
A. the representativeness heuristic
B. framing
C. overconfidence
D. functional fixedness - The tendency for people to adopt the behavior and opinions of other group members is known as_________?
A. Conformity
B. Social norms
C. Compliance
D. Mastery - Our tendency to establish and maintain warm relationships with people if they are physically attractive is best explained in terms of:
A. social exchange theory
B. the just- world phenomenon
C. the bystander effect
D. the foot- in- the- door phenomenon - Substances capable of causing birth defects are known as:
A. carcinogens
B. teratogens
C. chorionic villi
D. antigens - The school of psychology that argue that nearly all behavior is a result of conditioning and the environment shapes behaviors is labeled __________?
A. gestalt, Wertheimer
B. psychoanalytic, Freud
C. behaviorism, Titchener
D. behaviorism, Watson - What type of motivational approach placed the emphasis for behavior and directed activity directly on the environment?
A. Behaviorist approach
B. Instrumental approach
C. Nature approach
D. Environmental approach - The tendency to perceive continuous patterns in stimuli is known as _________________?
A. good continuation
B. closure
C. proximity
D. None of these - The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ___________________ effect?
A. next-in-line
B. misinformation
C. serial position
D. spacing - The body’s tendency to maintain a constant internal state is Known as:
A. instinct
B. refractory period
C. homeostasis
D. metabolism - The tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color, or form is known as:
A. closure
B. continuation
C. similarity
D. nearness
