Which of the Following Defensive Behaviors Involves Developing Explanations That

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which of the following defensive behaviors involves developing explanations that lessen one's responsibility for a negative outcome and apologizing to demonstrate remorse?

• A) scapegoating
• B) misrepresenting
• C) justifying
• D) overconforming
• E) stretching

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Definitions:

Probability Assignment

An academic or educational task involving the calculation or analysis of probabilities concerning certain events or scenarios.

Legitimate

Something that is lawful, justified, and recognized as valid or conforming to established rules and standards.

Joint Frequency Distribution

A statistical representation showing the frequency of combined occurrences of two or more variables.

Contingency Table

A tool used in statistics to analyze and display the frequency distribution of variables, showing the number of observations for each combination of categories.