Fritz Heider Analyzed What He Called "Common Sense Psychology"-The Ways

question 171

Multiple Choice

Fritz Heider analyzed what he called "common sense psychology"-the ways in which people explain everyday events. He suggested that most people explain everyday events in terms of either ____ factors.

• A) stable or unstable
• B) internal or external
• C) global or specific
• D) convergent or divergent

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Definitions:

Successive Trophic Level

A hierarchical position in a food chain or food web, higher levels are progressively further from primary producers in terms of their source of food.

Decreasing Amount

A reduction in quantity, volume, or number over time or in a particular process.

Ecological Pyramid

A graphical representation showing the relationship between different trophic levels in an ecosystem regarding energy, biomass, or numbers.

Carbon Atoms

The chemical element with atomic number 6, foundational in all organic compounds and essential to life's biochemical processes.