Last Year,when Laura Got a Poor Performance Review from Her

question 40

Multiple Choice

Last year,when Laura got a poor performance review from her supervisor,she told herself that the rating system was unfair and her boss had it in for her.When her review was glowing this year,Laura took it as a signal that she is both smart and capable.Laura's causal attributions are most consistent with which of the following?

• A) self-serving attributional bias
• B) self-esteem maintenance error
• C) actor-observer difference
• D) augmentation principle

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Definitions:

Action Potential

A brief change in the electrical charge of a neuronal membrane; the physical basis of the signal that travels the length of the neuron.

Excitation Threshold

The voltage difference between a neuron’s interior and exterior that, if exceeded, causes the neuron to fire.

Action Potential

A temporary reversal of electric polarization of the membrane of a nerve cell or muscle cell, involved in the transmission of signals.

Nodes of Ranvier

Gaps in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers that facilitate the rapid conduction of electrical impulses along the neuron.