Jason Is Playing with His Brother's New Skateboard When He

question 55

Multiple Choice

Jason is playing with his brother's new skateboard when he runs it into a wall and breaks it into pieces. Psychoanalysts would maintain that the destruction of the skateboard was

• A) just an accident.
• B) probably determined by some unconscious desire in Jason to ruin his brother's new toy.
• C) a conscious free choice made by Jason right before he ran it into the wall.
• D) caused by the environmental conditions.

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Definitions:

Low Grade

A term used to describe something of below-average quality or rank, often in the context of academic grades or medical conditions.

Dispositional Attributions

The tendency to attribute people's behaviors to their inherent personal characteristics, rather than to situational factors.

Situational Attributions

The process of assigning the cause of a behavior or action to external circumstances or events, rather than to personal characteristics or dispositions.

Belief-Based Feelings

Emotions that are primarily influenced by the beliefs or perceptions about a situation or an event.