Asked by Megan Fannin on Jun 13, 2024
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What is the main point of the quizmaster study?
A) People will overlook obvious dispositional influences on their behavior.
B) People will attack other people by claiming situational influences are making them behave badly.
C) People will defend themselves by claiming situational influences changed their behavior.
D) People will overlook obvious situational influences on behavior.
Dispositional Influences
Internal factors such as beliefs, values, personality traits, and attitudes that guide an individual's behavior.
- Identify the effects that inaccuracies in attributing behavior have on interpersonal relations and assessments.
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Shweta GomathisankarJun 17, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
The main point of the quizmaster study is to demonstrate that people tend to overlook situational influences on behavior, attributing actions and outcomes more to personal dispositions than to the situations that might have prompted them.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the effects that inaccuracies in attributing behavior have on interpersonal relations and assessments.
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