A Theory Is Supported When Research Results Match the Theory's

question 156

True/False

A theory is supported when research results match the theory's predictions.

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Definitions:

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that involves perceiving oneself in an overly favorable manner or attributing success to personal factors while attributing failures to external factors.

Actor-Observer Effect

The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing others' actions to internal factors.

Halo Effect

The cognitive bias that causes one's impression of a person to influence one's thoughts and feelings in unrelated areas.