The Tendency to Perceive Ambiguous Actions by Others as Evidence

question 135

Multiple Choice

The tendency to perceive ambiguous actions by others as evidence of hostility is ____.

• A)common among non-human animals, but rare among humans
• B)the norm among both humans and non-human animals and probably something that is genetically hardwired
• C)probably uniquely human, because other animals do not have the mental hardware to make complex attributions
• D)unique to people with antisocial personality disorder

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Definitions:

Transpiration

Plant’s loss of water to the atmosphere, mainly through evaporation at leaf stomata.

Petioles

The stalks that join a leaf to the stem of a plant.

Cabbage

A leafy green, red, or white biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads, belonging to the Brassica family.

Onions

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