Avram Is a Late-Maturing Boy

question 16

Multiple Choice

Avram is a late-maturing boy. A year after pubertal onset, we would expect Avram to show which advantage over his early-maturing peers?

• A) greater athletic ability
• B) more popularity with the opposite sex
• C) lower chance of being bullied
• D) higher levels of social initiative

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Definitions:

Causal Attribution

The process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events, attributing them to internal dispositions or external situations.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency for observers to overestimate personality or dispositional causes for someone else's behavior and underestimate situational influences.

Ease of Retrieval Effect

The phenomenon where individuals judge the frequency or likelihood of an event based on how easily examples of the event come to mind.

Long-Term Memories

Memories that can be retained for an extended period, potentially a lifetime, including factual, experiential, and conceptual information.