Because He Repeatedly Skipped School and Committed Status Offenses,Joseph Was

question 75

Multiple Choice

Because he repeatedly skipped school and committed status offenses,Joseph was forced to participate in a court-ordered intervention program when he was a juvenile.As an adult,Joseph says that if he had not received the intervention,he probably would be in prison by now.Interestingly,some of Joseph's friends,who also behaved badly but did not participate in the intervention program,did not end up in prison.Psychologists call this

• A) effort justification.
• B) confirmation bias.
• C) illusory correlation.
• D) comorbidity.

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