Matching Sheldon and Malik Are Equally Competent Scientists Who Work in in the Same

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Sheldon and Malik are equally competent scientists who work in the same lab.Match each description with the psychological phenomenon it most clearly illustrates.​
-​selective perception

• A)​Emily, their lab manager, considers Sheldon the better scientist.When Sheldon makes a mistake, Emily dismisses it as a fluke.When Malik makes a mistake, she thinks, "Typical!"
• B)​When Sheldon completes a successful experiment, Malik thinks it's because Sheldon is a great scientist.When one of his own experiments goes well, Malik figures he just got lucky.
• C)​On the day he met Emily, Malik had a bicycling accident on his way to work and arrived reeling and distracted.His mind still on his near-death experience, Malik was curt during their introductions, causing Emily to forever consider him rude despite his being friendly to her ever since.
• D)​Sheldon is more eloquent and more adept at conversational niceties than Malik is.For this reason, Emily considers Sheldon the better scientist.

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