A Common Myth Is That

question 52

Multiple Choice

A common myth is that

• A)many rapes are not reported to the police.
• B)official rape statistics include only victims who are women.
• C)in most cases of rape,the victim does not know the attacker.
• D)most men who rape men are not homosexual.

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Definitions:

External Cause

A factor or event that originates outside of an individual and has an impact on personal outcomes or behaviors.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute others' actions to their character or personality, rather than external factors.

Self-Effacing Error

The tendency to attribute one’s successes to external factors while blaming oneself for failures, commonly observed in certain cultures.

Signal Detection Error

occurs when an observer incorrectly perceives or fails to perceive a stimulus, leading to false positives or negatives in the detection task.