If You Engage in Magical Thinking,you Are Making An)to for an Event

question 53

Multiple Choice

If you engage in magical thinking,you are making an) to for an event that has occurred in the external world.

• A)irrational attribution; your thoughts
• B)rational attribution; a distant actor
• C)irrational attribution; an external cause
• D)emotion-based attribution; a cognitive explanation
• E)a culturally-biased explanation; an individual

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Definitions:

Factorial ANOVA

A statistical test used to compare the means of more than two groups considering multiple independent variables.

Research Hypotheses

Proposed explanations or predictions that are based on limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Factorial Analysis

An analytical technique for interpreting the variability in observed, correlated variables through fewer unseen variables termed factors.

Interaction Effects

Occur when the effect of one variable depends on the level of another variable in statistical models.