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Explain the Fundamental Attribution Error with reference to research

The Fundamental Attribution Error occurs when a person overestimates the dispositional factors in someone’s behaviour and underestimates the situational factors. For example, if a student performs poorly ...

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Explain BF Skinner's behaviourism

Led by BF Skinner in the 1950s and 1960s, it was the position that children acquire
language just as they acquire other behaviors-through a system of Positive and Negative
Reinforcement. A chi...

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A curve is defined for x>0 as y = 9 - 6x^2 - 12x^4 . a) Find dy/dx. b) Hence find the coordinates of any stationary points on the curve and classify them.

a) y = 9 -6x^2 - 12x^4

dy/dx = -12x - 48x^3

b) At stationary points dy/dx = 0.

-12x - 48x^3 = 0

48x^3 + 12x = 0

4x^3 + x = 0

x (4x^2 + 1) = 0

Either ...

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How important is it to mention literary devices in essays?

Extremely important! It may seem like a very basic thing to do, but a lot of students spend too much time mentioning how the literary piece makes the reader feel and what it conveys, without mentioning

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Describe how the origin of living systems is explained by natural processes. Please provide supporting evidence for hypotheses.. Sp

Numerous experimental investigations have been conducted to explain the diversity and unity of life. Specifically, these models have aimed to provide evidence that the conditions of early Earth provided a...

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