A Psychologist Who Gives You a List of Test Items

question 45

Essay

A psychologist who gives you a list of test items when you ask him or her for a definition of intelligence is providing you with a(n)__________ definition of intelligence.

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Definitions:

Social Facilitation

The tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others, usually improving on simple tasks and doing poorly on complex tasks.

Dispositional Attribution

The tendency to attribute someone's behavior to their inherent personality traits rather than to the situations they are in.

Situational Attribution

The process of attributing behavior to external factors or circumstances.

Attitude

Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events.