When Grayson Made the Transition from Sixth to Seventh Grade

question 86

Multiple Choice

When Grayson made the transition from sixth to seventh grade, he felt like his world had crashed: Middle school was more challenging, his parents divorced, and he didn't make the basketball team. Knowing these facts, we can conclude that Grayson:

• A) will be resilient in the face of adversity.
• B) had many protective factors in his life.
• C) experienced additional risk factors.
• D) would benefit from protective factors.

Recognize the adaptiveness of relying on social categories for cognitive efficiency and survival.

Identify the effects of various cognitive biases, including hindsight bias, self-serving bias, and the just-world hypothesis.

Understand how attitudes are formed and their components (cognitive, behavioral, emotional).

Examine the role of cultural differences in attributions, attitudes, and biases.

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Definitions:

Context Effects

The influence of environmental factors on one's perception, cognition, or behavior in a specific situation.

Perceptual Adaptation

The ability of the body to adjust to an environment by filtering out distractions and focusing on significant information.

Relative Luminance

A measure of the brightness of a color perceived by the human eye, relative to a white reference point, used in computer vision and digital imaging.

Interposition

A visual cue in which one object partially blocks another, indicating depth perception in visual field.