A 16-Year-Old Boy Shoots a Neighbor for No Apparent Reason

question 28

Multiple Choice

A 16-year-old boy shoots a neighbor for no apparent reason.This vivid example strongly influences people's judgments of all teen boys because people

• A) overestimate the impact of social influence on others' behavior.
• B) typically categorize other individuals on the basis of barely noticeable characteristics.
• C) estimate the frequency of group characteristics in terms of how memorable those characteristics are.
• D) strongly resent those who draw a lot of attention to themselves.

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Definitions:

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, emphasizing the importance of the individual psyche and the personal quest for wholeness.

Carl Rogers

An influential American psychologist who founded client-centered therapy and emphasized the importance of the self and unconditional positive regard.

Trait Theories

Psychological perspectives that focus on identifying, describing, and measuring individual differences in personality through traits.

Primary Appraisals

The initial evaluation process in stress theory, determining whether an event is threatening, challenging, or harmless.