Which of the Following Is Related to Defensive Attribution

question 90

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is related to defensive attribution?

• A)Jurors may think more about inadmissible evidence as a direct consequence of their attempts to follow the judge's request to suppress thoughts of it.
• B)When a smoker contracts lung cancer, jurors blame the cigarette manufacturer for elevating the nicotine level in its product, not the smoker for his or her habits.
• C)As active information processors, jurors desire to make a decision based on what they believe is just, not necessarily one based on legally relevant information.
• D)As the consequence of one's actions becomes more severe, we are likely to blame a person for it, thus making the incident somehow more controllable.

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Business expenses that are not affected by changes in the level of goods or services produced over the short term.

Variable Costs

Costs that fluctuate in direct proportion to the level of output or activity in a business.

Breakeven Point

The financial situation where total costs equal total revenues, resulting in neither profit nor loss.

Breakeven Point

The point at which total cost and total revenue are equal, meaning a business is neither making a profit nor a loss.