What Commands Our Attention as We Shop for Groceries Each

question 2

Multiple Choice

What commands our attention as we shop for groceries each week is the environment around us,such as the number of people in front of us at the checkout counter.Yet when we watch another person's behavior at the grocery store,he or she,rather than the environment,occupies the center of our attention.As a result,we tend to engage in the attribution error.That is we are irritable because the lines are long,but the other person is cantankerous because he or she is an unhappy person.What explanation below best explains this use of the fundamental attribution error?

• A)actor-observer difference
• B)camera perspective bias
• C)changing perspectives trend
• D)self-awareness phenomenon

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Definitions:

Halo Effect

A perception problem through which we form a positive or negative bias of an individual based on our overall impressions of that person.

Perceptual Distortion

A psychological phenomenon where an individual's perception or understanding of reality is inaccurately altered by cognitive biases or environmental factors.

Faculty

The academic staff of universities or colleges responsible for teaching and research.

Informal Learning

Planned or unplanned learning that occurs without a formal classroom, lesson plan, instructor, or examination; a way of learning complex skills in the workplace