Which of the following statements is true of external attributions?
a) They locate the cause of behavior outside a person, such as nature or acts of God.
b) They are also known as dispositional attributions.
c) They are movements of the body, usually the hands, that are generally reflective of thoughts or feelings.
d) They refer to prejudicial attitudes that are unspoken and perhaps even outside conscious awareness.
Question 2
Which of the following statements is true of the social dominance theory?
a) It states that behavior related to personality occurs at several levels based ultimately on the motivating aspects of evolved personality systems.
b) It views personality structure as a universal psychological mechanism, a product of natural selection that serves both social and nonsocial functions in problem solving and environmental adaptation.
c) It states that people from all cultures share basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, but that the specific ways in which these needs are met and expressed differ according to context and culture.
d) It concerns the maintenance and stability of social hierarchies, and suggests that cultural ideologies, values, attitudes, and worldviews provide the justification for intergroup behaviors such as discrimination and prejudice.
A true albino squirrel. Note the pink eyes.
A, External respiration; B, internal respiration.
Schematic of an automated external defibrillator (AED) attached to a patient.
Internal and external attributions
Structures of the external eye