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ereecah

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Which statement about the actor-observer bias is NOT true?
 
  a. People see their own behavior as less stable than others'.
   b. People view negative behavior as more dispositionally caused than positive
   behavior.
   c. Actors and observers have access to different information that may lead to the
   bias.
   d. Differences in salience may help explain the actor-observer bias.

Question 2

We tend to infer dispositional causes for others' behavior, and we infer situational causes for our own behavior. This is known as
 
  a. the false consensus effect
  b. the self-serving attributional bias
  c. the actor-observer bias
  d. the self-centered bias



Qarqy

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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