Semipermanent High and Low Pressure Cells

question 8

Multiple Choice

Semipermanent high and low pressure cells

• A)are present during some years and absent during others
• B)are always present in exactly the same place
• C)undergo seasonal changes in position and intensity over the course of a year.
• D)undergo seasonal changes in intensity but not in position

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Definitions:

External Attribution

The process of assigning the cause of one's own or others' behaviors to external factors or circumstances beyond the individual's control.

Illusory Correlation

The phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables (typically people, events, or behaviors) even when no such relationship exists.

False Uniqueness Effect

Refers to an individual's tendency to underestimate the commonality of one's abilities and one's desirable or successful behaviors.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that ensures, by the behavior it generates, that it will come true.