What Do Social Psychologists Call the Tendency to Rely on Internal

question 84

Multiple Choice

What do social psychologists call the tendency to rely on internal characteristics for explanations of the behavior of others and to ignore the influence of the situation?

• A) availability heuristic
• B) augmenting principle
• C) self-fulfilling prophecy
• D) fundamental attribution error

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Definitions:

AMP

Adenosine monophosphate, a nucleotide involved in many cellular processes, including DNA synthesis and energy transfer.

Pi

A mathematical constant representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159.

Allosteric Regulation

The process of regulating the activity of a protein by binding an effector molecule at a site other than the protein's active site, leading to a change in its activity.