Answer:
"I am from Small Town, USA, and usually I am proud of my heritage. But in the past few years, I have wanted to expand my horizons. I have wanted to forge a connection with far- off, exotic places. Perhaps you have felt stifled by the limits of our small town as well. Well, I have the solution! Sign up to learn a foreign language at the community center. My French class has opened my imagination to Quebec, Paris, and Abidjan! "
The answer is more because according to the definition of the theory of social facilitation, social facilitation is the tendency for people who are being watched or observed to perform better than they would alone on simple tasks (or tasks they know how to do very well due to repetition).
Answer: more
Oversimplifications often ignore complex or contradictory evidence
The correct answer is the actor-observer bias.
The actor-observer bias (AOB) refers to the phenomenon where we attribute our own behavior to external factors beyond our personal control, while attributing others' behavior to factors internal to them, and fully within their control. In this instance, Tom believes that he is unable to stop gambling due to the negative influence of his friends (an external factor beyond his control), while believing that Barnaby is unable to stop gambling because he is addicted to it (a factor internal to Barnaby). Thus, Tom is demonstrating the actor-observer bias
