The Just-World Assumption

question 65

Multiple Choice

The just-world assumption

• A)takes into account uncontrollable factors and prevents discrimination.
• B)discounts the uncontrollable factors that can derail one's efforts.
• C)has nothing to do with discrimination.
• D)has nothing to do with people's negative evaluations of others.

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Definitions:

Repolarization

The process by which cells, particularly nerve and muscle cells, restore their membrane potential to a resting state after depolarization.

All-Or-None Response

A principle that states that nerve or muscle fibers respond to stimuli at their threshold with a complete response or not at all.

Stimulus

Anything that can invoke a physiological response or reaction from an organism or a cell.

Voltage-Gated Channels

Protein channels in cell membranes that open or close in response to changes in electrical voltage, crucial for nerve impulse transmission.