Peers Are an Important Source of ______ Influence on Academic

question 200

Multiple Choice

Peers are an important source of ______ influence on academic achievement of grade-school children and adolescents.

• A)positive
• B)both positive and negative
• C)negative
• D)mutually reciprocal

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

It is the tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for others' behaviors while underestimating the role of situational factors.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method or decision.

Correspondent Inference

The perceived quality of alternatives to the current relationship

Gender Differences

The distinctions in characteristics, roles, behaviors, and cultural/social expectations traditionally associated with being male or female.