Sociologists Try to Conduct Interviews That Are Both More Systematic

question 104

True/False

Sociologists try to conduct interviews that are both more systematic and more scientific than those conducted by journalists.

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency for observers to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behaviors.

Situational Attributional Tendency

The tendency to attribute an individual's behavior to situational factors rather than to internal personality traits.

Internal Characteristics

The traits, attributes, or features that originate within an individual's psychological or biological makeup.

Defensive Attribution

A psychological process by which individuals tend to ascribe fewer vulnerabilities to themselves than to others to avoid feeling vulnerable to misfortunes.