A. If my friend gives an opening speech for debate club and I praise her for all
Question:
A. If my friend gives an opening speech for debate club and I praise her for all of her hard work, thinking that she did well because she's a naturally gifted speaker and she won the audience over with her great speaking skills, I am making a _______________ about her speaking behavior.
1. Confirmation bias
2. False conclusion
3. Situational attribution
4. Dispositional attribution
B. If I wanted to teach someone a complex behavior (such as riding a bike) using Operant Conditioning principles, I would ____.
1. "shape" their behavior by punishing their mistakes
2. only praise them for getting the whole behavior right the first time
3. "shape" their behavior by rewarding successive approximations of the whole behavior
4. punish them until they get it right
C. If my younger brother leaves his dirty shoes on the floor and I trip over them and angrily think to myself, "that lazy brat, he's always doing this. He has no sense of how to take care of his things OR how to be considerate of other people!," I am making a ______________ about his behavior.
1. False conclusion
2. Situational attribution
3. Negative inference
4. Dispositional attribution