In Romer V

question 25

Multiple Choice

In Romer v. Evans, Colorado's Amendment 2 sought to:

• A) encourage the creation of any law that would protect homosexual individuals from employment discrimination on the basis of their homosexuality.
• B) extend Title VII to transsexualism.
• C) prohibit the creation of any law that would protect homosexual individuals from employment discrimination on the basis of their homosexuality.
• D) limit the right to inherit to non-homosexuals.

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the impact of internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of others.

Self-Serving Bias

The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the influence of personal characteristics and underestimate the role of situational factors in explaining others' behavior.

Self-Serving Bias

Self-serving bias is a cognitive bias that leads individuals to attribute their successes to personal qualities and their failures to external factors, protecting self-esteem.