Ch.13 - Social Behaviour

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Ch.13 - Social Behaviour
The Skeins are a punk-rock band known for their amazing music, high energy, and their YouTube videos of pranks they play on each other while on tour. Their first album was wildly popular and they gained world-wide fame before the members of the band reached the age of 21. They have just released their fourth album, Rock >>> Pop-Punk Drama, and it lives up to its name, as their sound has changed a lot (taking on more of a rock tone than a punk vibe) . They're going on tour for the new album.
-Because of the type of music they play and their high energy on and off-stage,many parents disapprove of them because they believe they are "always drunk in public".This is an example of __________.

• A) the spotlight effect
• B) a self-fulfilling prophecy
• C) an illusory correlation
• D) the fundamental attribution error

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Absolute Threshold

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