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biggirl4568 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Two junior nursing students are discussing their beliefs about the root causes of mental illness.

One nurse states that mental illness is caused by genetic and personality factors. Personal qualities that are cited as the cause of a behavior or action are known as which of the following?
A) Attribution factors
B) Assumption factors
C) Dispositional factors
D) Situational factors

Question 2

While walking down the street, a woman notices a filthy man aggressively asking passersby for spare change and says to herself, Loser. When people use available information to form their impressions of others, it is known as what?

A) Social bias
B) Social perception
C) Social deception
D) Social deviance

Joy Chen · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
Dispositional factors are those that people attribute as inherent personal qualities that lead to an action: character, free will, genetic makeup. Dispositional factors are considered the elements within a person that account for or explain his or her actions or qualities.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
Central to the labeling process is social perception, which refers to the processes through which people use available information to form impressions of and assess others. Social perceptions can obviously be flawedeven skilled observers can misperceive, misjudge, and reach the wrong conclusions.