Suppose That You and Most Students in Your Course Study

question 23

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you and most students in your course study for a number of days ahead of an exam but believe that the vast majority of students in the course wait until the day right before the exam to do almost all of their studying.This would be an example of ______.

• A) the fundamental attribution error
• B) the false consensus effect
• C) the false uniqueness effect
• D) pluralistic ignorance

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Definitions:

Stock Dividend

A distribution of additional shares of a company to its shareholders instead of paying dividends in cash.

Stock Split

A corporate action by a company to divide its existing shares into multiple ones to boost the liquidity of the shares, often done when share prices are high.

Paid-In Capital

Total amount of cash and other assets paid into the corporation by stockholders in exchange for capital stock.

Stock Dividend

A company rewards its shareholders with extra shares, foregoing the option to distribute cash.