Professors Maksoud, Struthers, and Vasic Each Tend to Think That

question 34

Multiple Choice

Professors Maksoud, Struthers, and Vasic each tend to think that obtaining a university degree is easier today than it was when they were students. After discussing the matter over coffee, they are even more convinced that obtaining a degree is easier today. This episode provides an example of

• A) the fundamental attribution error.
• B) social facilitation.
• C) group polarization.
• D) deindividuation.

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