You Are a Regular Contributor to an Internet Chat Room

question 88

Multiple Choice

You are a regular contributor to an Internet chat room.One day the other participants seem to ignore every comment you make.Research suggests you will likely

• A)send rude and nasty comments to the chat room.
• B)become more independent and less conforming to others.
• C)lash out at your younger sibling once you finish your chat session.
• D)experience stress and a depressed mooD.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

A common cognitive bias where individuals attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

Actor-Observer Effect

A cognitive bias in which people tend to attribute their own actions to external circumstances but attribute others' actions to their personalities or character.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember the first pieces of information in a series better than the information in the middle.

Computer Programming

The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.