Recall That Even When Participants in an Experiment Conducted by Jones

question 178

Multiple Choice

Recall that even when participants in an experiment conducted by Jones and Harris (1967) were told that people were assigned to write an essay sympathetic to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, they still were willing to assume that the essay reflected the writer's true "pro-Castro" attitudes. These findings illustrate __________.

• A) the power of distinctiveness information
• B) the fundamental attribution error
• C) a self-serving attribution
• D) a consensus effect

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

Freud's theory of personality development, which posits that children pass through distinct stages centered on erogenous zones, with unsuccessful navigation potentially resulting in lifelong neuroses.

Sexual

Relating to or associated with sex, mating, or the distinction between biological categories frequently based on reproductive functions.

Pleasure-giving Urge

An innate desire to seek activities or experiences that bring about a sense of enjoyment or satisfaction.

Psychosexual Stages

A theory in Freudian psychology that proposes five stages of childhood development, each characterized by sexual pleasure centered on a particular erogenous zone.