Participants in an experiment judged a woman as unfriendly, even though they were told her unfriendliness was part of her trained role in the experiment. This tendency to overemphasize personal factors and underemphasize situational factors is called
A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) action identification.
C) the actor-observer difference.
D) illusion of control.
Question 2
The fundamental attribution error may occur because humans ________ the impact of the situation because ________.
A) underrepresent; of the compacting nature of memory
B) overrepresent; of the expanding nature of memory
C) underrepresent; it is often less visible to the observer
D) overrepresent; it is often extremely salient to the observer
Chuckwalla body lengths at the end of a laboratory rearing experiment
This older woman is exploring new avenues of enjoyment as she avoids stagnation in her later years
A Schematic Description of the Experiment by Misanin, Miller, and Lewis (1968)
Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance.
Older participants remember more information than younger participants when material has emotional ...
Middle-aged Flavian Woman