Jay Was Just Drafted by a Professional Baseball Team, and Was

question 198

Multiple Choice

Jay was just drafted by a professional baseball team, and was offered a record-breaking contract because of his potential. This is an example of

• A)a human capital differential.
• B)a compensating differential.
• C)signaling theory.
• D)the superstar phenomenon.

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Definitions:

Social Contagion

The spread of behaviors, attitudes, and emotions through a group or society by social influence.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that causes individuals to see their successes as based on internal factors while attributing failures to external factors.

False Consensus Effect

The tendency to overestimate how much other people share our beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.

Stanley Milgram

A psychologist best known for his groundbreaking studies on obedience, demonstrating people's willingness to follow authority figures' orders, even to the extent of harming others.