What Do Social Psychologists Call the Tendency to Rely on Internal

question 84

Multiple Choice

What do social psychologists call the tendency to rely on internal characteristics for explanations of the behavior of others and to ignore the influence of the situation?

• A) availability heuristic
• B) augmenting principle
• C) self-fulfilling prophecy
• D) fundamental attribution error

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Definitions:

Direct Perception

The theory that the environment provides all necessary cues for perception, which can be directly picked up by the sensory systems without need for cognitive processing.

Constructivist

Relating to the educational theory that learners construct knowledge through their experiences and interactions with the world.

Perceptual Experiment

An experimental methodology designed to study how individuals perceive and interpret sensory stimuli, such as visual or auditory inputs.

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