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Mimi · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Forbes and others (2009 2011) examined how levels of aggression differed in individualist versus collectivist cultures. They found that

a. aggression levels were highest in the U.S., a highly individualist culture.
b. aggression levels were highest in China, a highly collectivist culture.
c. aggression levels were lowest in the U.S., a highly collectivist culture.
d. both the U.S. and China had equally high levels of aggression.

Question 2

Stephon knows someone whose brother received a very lucrative contract to play professional basketball for the National Basketball Association (NBA). With this success story in mind, he ignores the statistics that indicate a very low probability that anyone will make it to the NBA and overestimates his own chances of making it. This scenario best illustrates

a. the covariation principle.
b. the base-rate fallacy.
c. non-correspondent inferences.
d. the actor-observer effect.