Two-Month-Old Sheldon Is Snuggled in His Mother's Arms

question 17

Multiple Choice

Two-month-old Sheldon is snuggled in his mother's arms. He is quietly looking around, and appears to be simply 'absorbing' his environment. He is attentive to sounds around him, and is very calm. Sheldon's current state would be described as

• A) ​sleeping.
• B) ​crying.
• C) ​waking activity.
• D) ​alert inactivity.

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Definitions:

Situational Attribution

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to environmental factors rather than to internal traits or motivations.

Role-Playing

A method or scenario in which individuals assume roles and act them out in a simulated context, often used in training, therapy, or educational settings.

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

A psychological theory proposing that we experience discomfort or dissonance when our beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors are inconsistent, leading us to change one to reduce the dissonance.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underemphasizing the role of situational factors.