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Your mother was horrified to learn that the vast majority of processed foods in Canada contain GM ingredients.What can you tell her to allay her fears of a negative health impact from these foods? If she is still concerned,how can you advise her to avoid them?


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Dispositional Attribution

The tendency to attribute someone’s behavior to their internal characteristics or personality rather than to external factors.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that involves taking personal credit for success while blaming external factors for failures.

Bystander Effect

A social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present.

Actor-Observer Effect

The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors, while attributing others' actions to their personality.

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