A Psychologist Attempts to Predict the Behavior of Her Client

question 35

True/False

A psychologist attempts to predict the behavior of her client, but she is wrong. This means that her client has free will.

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Definitions:

Incremental Theorists

Individuals who believe that abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work, emphasizing growth and learning.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A bias in social psychology where individuals overestimate the role of dispositional factors and underestimate situational factors in explaining other people's behavior.

Dispositional Explanations

An approach to explaining behavior by attributing it to internal traits or personality factors of the individual.

Reformulated Learned Helplessness

A theory suggesting that individuals learn they have no control over unpleasant or harmful situations, which leads to passive and depressive responses, revised to include the role of cognitive factors.