Peter is waiting to meet his new doctor. a person comes into the waiting room dressed in jeans and an informal shirt. there is another person who comes in who has a lab coat on. the fact that peter assumes his doctor is the one in the lab coat, even though he is wrong, is an example of the:
a. self-fulfilling prophecy
b. social cognition effect
c. fundamental attribution error
d. representativeness heuristic.

Which of the following statements about culture and self-esteem is the most accurate? people from western cultures are more likely to say or do things to enhance other people's self-esteem (relative to people from asian cultures). the japanese praise each other for their achievements more often than americans do. people from asian cultures generally feel worse about themselves than people from western cultures. americans utter many more self-complimentary statements during conversations (relative to japanese individuals).