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The Fundamental Attribution Error Refers to the Common Finding That

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The fundamental attribution error refers to the common finding that when people make attributions for social outcomes involving others (targets) ,they overemphasize ________ factors.


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Cognitive-behavioral Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that treats problems and boosts happiness by modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts.

Transference

In psychoanalysis, the process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person are unconsciously shifted to another person.

Token Economy

A behavior modification method that uses tokens as a form of immediate reinforcement for exhibiting desired behaviors.

Classical Conditioning

The practice of learning through the repeated association of two stimuli; the response that is at first triggered by the second stimulus, is finally triggered by the first stimulus alone.

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