When a Person Assigns Causes to Another Individual's Behavior and Assumes

question 166

Multiple Choice

When a person assigns causes to another individual's behavior and assumes that the behavior is due to that individual's personal characteristics, a(n) _____ is made.

• A)situational attribution
• B)dispositional attribution
• C)attribution error
• D)external attribution

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Definitions:

Variable-Interval Reinforcement

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Extinguish

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