When Making an Internal or External Attribution About a Person's

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True/False

When making an internal or external attribution about a person's behaviour, we tend to look at whether the person has acted this way in the past and other situations, and whether other people act similarly in this situation.

Understand sociocultural influences on relationship structures, including marriage, cohabitation, and polygamy.

Grasp the underlying factors that lead to separation anxiety in parents when children leave home for college.

Understand the role of ego identity in life satisfaction and relationship stability according to Erikson and Levinson's theories.

Understand Sternberg's triangular theory of love and differentiate its components (passion, intimacy, and commitment).

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Definitions:

Sympathetic Activation

The process in which the sympathetic nervous system enhances its activity, leading to effects like increased heart rate and energy mobilization for fight-or-flight responses.

Fight Or Flight

A physiological response to perceived harmful events, attacks, or threats to survival.

Thalamus

A part of the brain located above the brainstem that acts as the main relay station for information traveling to and from the cortex, influencing motor control, consciousness, and sensory perception.

Functional MRI

A neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow.