When Catherine Was Seated in a Crowded Bus, One of the Passengers

question 40

Multiple Choice

When Catherine was seated in a crowded bus, one of the passengers inadvertently stepped on her toe. Immediately, Catherine assumed that the passenger has no respect for others. In the context of social perception, Catherine is:  

• A)making a dispositional attribution. 
• B)engaging in social loafing. 
• C)making a situational attribution. 
• D)displaying the bystander effect.

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Definitions:

Comparative Advantage

The ability of a country to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners.

Fewer Resources

The state of having limited amounts of inputs required to produce goods and services, such as capital, labor, and materials.

Exchange Rates

The worth of a currency when converted into another, establishing the quantity of one currency that can be swapped for another.

Gains from Trade

The net benefits that parties obtain by voluntarily exchanging goods or services in markets.