Describe the Processes That Account for the Drifting of Continents

question 107

Essay

Describe the processes that account for the drifting of continents away from one another or toward one another.

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Definitions:

External Attributions

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to situational factors outside the individual, rather than internal characteristics.

Knowledge Structures

The mental frameworks and organizational systems individuals use to process, store, and retrieve information based on their experiences and learning.

Mental Shortcuts

Cognitive strategies or heuristics that simplify decision making by using limited information, allowing for faster judgements but sometimes at the cost of accuracy.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that involves individuals attributing their successes to internal factors while attributing failures to external factors.