The Tendency for Observers to Underestimate the Impact of the Situation

question 131

Multiple Choice

The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal dispositions on another's behavior is called

• A) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
• B) the fundamental attribution error.
• C) cognitive dissonance.
• D) central route persuasion.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A calculated value from sample data used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Calculated Value

A numeric value derived from mathematical operations on data or parameters.

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion of all the values in a population, reflecting how much the individuals within the population differ from the population mean.

Equal Variances

An assumption in certain statistical tests that the variance within each of the groups or samples is the same across all groups or samples.