Travis Is Taking a New Medicine That Has a Side

question 38

Multiple Choice

Travis is taking a new medicine that has a side effect of disrupting his short-term storage. Based on this fact,you know that Travis will have difficultly recalling

• A) a photograph he saw less than a second ago.
• B) a phone number he heard 15 seconds ago.
• C) the multiplication tables he learned in third grade.
• D) how to ride his bicycle.

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Definitions:

Just World Hypothesis

The belief that the world is inherently fair and that all actions have predictable and just consequences, leading people to rationalize an unjust situation as deserved by the victim.

Actor/Observer Bias

The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors, while attributing others' actions to their character or disposition.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency for observers to attribute others' behaviors to their character rather than to external factors.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.