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The Concept That New Technologies, Practices, or Materials, Should Not

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The concept that new technologies, practices, or materials, should not be adopted until there is strong evidence that they will not adversely affect human or environmental health is known as the ____________?


Definitions:

Conformity

A change in behavior due to explicit or implicit social pressure.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the influence of personality or dispositional factors on an individual's behavior while underestimating the influence of situational factors.

Dispositional Causes

Factors related to an individual's personality or internal characteristics that are thought to cause their behavior.

Situational Causes

Factors or circumstances outside the individual that are attributed to affecting behavior.

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