Author Question: Nanami and April were playing in the den when April's mother entered the room and scolded them for ... (Read 170 times)

Jkov05 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Nanami and April were playing in the den when April's mother entered the room and scolded them for making a mess. Nanami decided then and there that April's mother was a grouch. Nanami's inference is an example of

a. the fundamental attribution error.
b. availability.
c. automatic thinking.
d. a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 2

Which of the following is false with regard to cross-cultural research in social psychology? Social psychologists

a. find cross-cultural studies of social behavior valuable because these provide a test of the universality of laws of human behavior.
b. have only recently expanded their research beyond the United States.
c. find cross-cultural studies of social behavior valuable because these allow the use of research methods deemed unethical in the United States.
d. find cross-cultural studies of social behavior valuable because these allow the discovery of additional variables that enable more accurate prediction.