William Is an Aggressive Child

question 85

Multiple Choice

William is an aggressive child. Chad is not an aggressive child. Which of the following would you expect to find?

• A)Chad and William are equally likely to respond to neutral behaviour with aggression.
• B)When engaged in an aggressive exchange, William is more likely than Chad to break it off.
• C)William is more likely than Chad to be accused of misbehaviours, even when he is behaving appropriately.
• D)Chad is more likely than William to be punished.

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Definitions:

Self-attributions

The process by which individuals explain the causes of their own behavior and events, implicating their own personal characteristics or external situations.

Explanatory Styles

The ways in which individuals habitually interpret and explain events happening around them, often associated with optimism or pessimism.

Automatic Processes

Mental activities that occur without conscious awareness or control, often as a result of learning and repetition.

Self-serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors.