Mrs Beatty Keeps an Extremely Clean and Tidy House

question 209

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Beatty keeps an extremely clean and tidy house. One neighbor says she's compulsive; Mrs. Beatty, though, says that her active family and busy job force her to stay organized, and she wants to set a good example for her children. These contrasting explanations illustrate the difference between _____ and _____ attributions.

• A)controllable; uncontrollable
• B)dispositional; situational
• C)stable; unstable
• D)central; peripheral

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the dispersion or spread of a set of data points or investment returns around their mean.

Risk-Free Rate

The theoretical rate of return of an investment with no risk of financial loss, often represented by the yield on government bonds.

Optimal Risky Portfolio

An investment portfolio that offers the highest expected return for a given level of risk or the lowest risk for a given level of expected return.

Beta

A measure of a security's volatility in relation to the overall market, indicating the security's risk compared to the market average.