Heider and Simmel's (1994) Ingenious Experiment in Which People Who

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Multiple Choice

Heider and Simmel's (1994) ingenious experiment in which people who were asked to describe the movement of abstract geometric figures described them as if they were humans with intentions to act in certain ways demonstrates that:

• A) humans tend to look for causes and reasons for behaviour, and use causal language to comment or explain phenomena.
• B) humans think everything has human properties and stable properties, even inanimate objects.
• C) humans view themselves as geometric shapes with intentions to think in certain ways to control environments.
• D) humans can project their own personalities onto inanimate objects, including geometric figures and predict stable behaviour.

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