Research on Self-Perception Indicates That Most People

question 52

Multiple Choice

Research on self-perception indicates that most people

• A) feel more personally responsible for their failures than for their successes.
• B) view themselves very favorably in comparison to most others.
• C) underestimate the accuracy of their beliefs and judgments.
• D) are unrealistically pessimistic about their personal future.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A default assumption in statistical hypothesis testing that there is no effect or no difference, used as a basis for testing statistical significance.

Test Statistic

A statistic calculated from sample data, used to determine the p-value in hypothesis testing.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the calculation of a statistic.

Null Hypothesis

A statement that there is no effect or no difference, which is tested statistically to be either rejected or not rejected based on data.