Adrian Furnham and colleagues have gathered preliminary evidence suggesting that in societies characterized by large inquities (e.g. extremes in poverty and wealth) citizens are more likely to endorse just world beliefs. These findings illustrate:
a. the role of income influencing attributions.
b. a culture component to this defensive attributional style
c. that Westerners are more likely to employ this attributional style
d. that poor people see the world more clearly than do wealthy people
When Marsha is giving her friends advise on dating, her decisions and advise are often simplistic and inaccurate. However, when Marsha is deciding for herself whom to date and how to handle her own relationships, she is a more complex thinker and her judgments are more accurate. This example illustrates the influence of ____________ on social thinking.
a. self-esteem
b. perspective-taking
c. motivation
d. flexibility