One Type of Information That Individuals Assess When Making Attributions

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Multiple Choice

One type of information that individuals assess when making attributions is consensus.This means that individuals try to determine:

• A)how a particular person reacts toward a given object or event at different times
• B)how a particular person reacts toward a variety of objects or events
• C)how different people react toward a given object or event
• D)how different people react toward a variety of objects or events

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Definitions:

Information Processing

A psychological approach studying the mind analogously to a computer, focusing on how information is perceived, processed, and stored.

Memory

is the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and retrieving information, experiences, and skills.

Cognition

Mental activity involved in understanding, processing, and communicating information.

Retroactive Interference

The phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the recall of information learned previously.