When People Develop Explanations of Behavior Based on Things Outside

question 30

Multiple Choice

When people develop explanations of behavior based on things outside the control of a person,this is know as a

• A) situational attribution.
• B) causal attribution.
• C) causation.
• D) dispositional attribution.

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Definitions:

Co-occur

The simultaneous presence or occurrence of two or more conditions or phenomena, often used in the context of diseases or disorders that appear together in patients.

Personality Disorders

A class of mental health disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.

Somatic Symptom

A physical symptom that can be experienced as part of a mental disorder but has no identifiable physical cause.

Masked

Concealed or hidden, often used to describe data or information that has been anonymized or altered to prevent identification of individual sources.