Regarding domestic violence,
Why do many clinicians still use psychological tests that ha…
Why do many clinicians still use psychological tests that have poor validity and reliability (e.g. Rorschach Test; Draw-A-Person test; Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)?
Watching violent television shows and playing violent videog…
Watching violent television shows and playing violent videogames
Milgram’s obedience experiment on the power of social influe…
Milgram’s obedience experiment on the power of social influence demonstrated that
What is the self-serving bias?
What is the self-serving bias?
The tendency for observers to underestimate situational infl…
The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences when explaining someone else’s behavior (e.g. underestimating the effect of the situation while overestimating the role of personal characteristics) is known as:
Kitty Genovese was a woman in New York who was attacked and…
Kitty Genovese was a woman in New York who was attacked and stabbed. She screamed for help and some people saw her and heard her screams but no one called the police until the attacker left. Her story was widely reported and inspired research on:
Mike considers himself an environmentalist. He recycles his…
Mike considers himself an environmentalist. He recycles his trash, takes short showers to save water, rides a bicycle to work, uses LED light bulbs, eats local foods, etc. He recently purchased a new sports car and loves to drive it fast on the weekends. Sometimes he feels some confusion or tension because his behaviors are inconsistent. What is the name for this phenomenon?
After an outcome has occurred, the tendency to exaggerate on…
After an outcome has occurred, the tendency to exaggerate one’s role in having foreseen the outcome is known as:
What is seen in the clipstore below?
What is seen in the clipstore below?