Recent Research Has Shown That the Tendency to Commit the Fundamental

question 218

Multiple Choice

Recent research has shown that the tendency to commit the fundamental attribution error is reduced if the observer,

• A) has never experienced the same situation as the actor.
• B) is in a state of high self-esteem.
• C) has experienced the same situation as the actor.
• D) is in a state of low self-esteem.

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Definitions:

Heat-Shock Genes

Genes that are activated in response to elevated temperatures and other stresses to help protect cells by producing heat-shock proteins.

Molecular Chaperones

Proteins that assist the conformational folding or unfolding and the assembly or disassembly of other macromolecular structures, without being part of these structures when they perform their biological functions.

Housekeeping Genes

These are genes that are constantly active in the cell to maintain basic functions and cellular metabolism.

Feedback Inhibition

A process where the end product of a metabolic pathway acts as an inhibitor of an enzyme within that pathway, regulating its own production.