- (D) Sal’s conclusion that Petunia is a funny person after their brief meeting is best explained by the
fundamental attribution error, the tendency for people to underestimate the role of the situation in
explaining the behavior of others. The mere-exposure effect would hold that the more time Sal
spent with Petunia, the more he would like her; it says that exposure to a person or thing increases
liking. Self-serving bias is the tendency to take more credit for positive outcomes than negative
ones. Equipotentiality is a learning principle, the belief that we have an equal opportunity to teach
all organisms all things. Cognitive dissonance is the mental tension that arises from holding two
contradictory thoughts or when people’s thoughts don’t mesh with their behavior.
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