Recall That Dan Gilbert Studied Why People Tend to Attribute

question 62

Multiple Choice

Recall that Dan Gilbert studied why people tend to attribute others' behaviors to dispositional factors.According to his theoretical framework,this pattern of attribution occurs because people tend to

• A) consider a person's behavior and the situation simultaneously.
• B) be emotionally invested in explaining others' behaviors in terms of stable personal characteristics.
• C) make initial dispositional inferences without later adjusting them on the basis of situational information.
• D) have difficulty identifying what other people's behaviors signify.

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Definitions:

Statistically Insignificant

A term used to describe results that lack enough statistical evidence to conclude that a certain effect or difference is present.

Analogue Study

An investigation or experiment that replicates real-world conditions in a controlled setting to understand behaviors or phenomena.

Epidemiological

Pertaining to epidemiology, which is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specific populations.

Single-Subject

A research design focusing on the response of a single participant, allowing for detailed observation and analysis of individual behavior.