According to Your Text, a Perfect Study Would Involve __________

question 117

Multiple Choice

According to your text, a perfect study would involve __________.

• A) random assignment; random selection; realistic setting; control of all extraneous variables
• B) random assignment or random selection; control over all extraneous variables
• C) high levels of external validity
• D) an experiment, which shows that one variable causes another

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Definitions:

Rationalization Attribution

The process of explaining an individual's behavior with logical, but not always true, reasons to justify actions or opinions.

Self-Serving Bias

The common human tendency to attribute success to personal characteristics and failures to external factors, thereby protecting self-esteem.

Defensive Attribution

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute causes of accidents or misfortunes to external factors when involving others but to internal factors when it involves themselves, often to shield their ego.

Fundamental Attribution Bias

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