Question 1

Joanna watches a thriller movie Saw II.At 2:00 A.m. ,she hears a scratching sound on her window.Instead of realizing that the sound is caused by a tree branch,she assumes that a serial killer is trying to break in.This is an example of:

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A)  priming.
B)  attribution.
C)  automatic processing.
D)  controlled processing.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

You attend a party where you do not know anyone but expect others to be friendly toward you.You greet people warmly.Your actions,in turn,lead other people to behave in a friendly manner with you.This situation can best be described as:

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A)  an illusory correlation.
B)  the representativeness heuristic.
C)  the availability heuristic.
D)  behavioral confirmation.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Yvette gets a B in her psychology exam.She tells her friend,"If I had put in a little more effort,I could have scored an A in the test." This is an example of:

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A)  implicit thinking.
B)  explicit thinking.
C)  counterfactual thinking.
D)  the fundamental attribution error.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D) C

Question 4

According to research done by Miller and his colleagues (1975) ,if you want young children to put trash in wastebaskets,you should repeatedly:

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A)  tell them that they should be neat and tidy.
B)  congratulate them for being neat and tidy.
C)  punish them for not putting trash in wastebaskets.
D)  tell them that people who litter are bad.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following statements about moods and judgments is true?

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A)  Unhappy people are as loving as happy ones.
B)  Depressed people avoid self-focusing.
C)  One's judgments are independent of one's moods.
D)  Moods pervade one's thinking.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Mental concepts or templates that intuitively guide our perceptions and interpretations are called:

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A)  schemas.
B)  hypotheses.
C)  ethics.
D)  theories.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Murray and his colleagues (2003) found that,among married couples,the self-fulfilling prophecy occurred when one person interpreted slight hurts as rejections.The person who felt rejected was then motivated to:

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A)  value his or her partner for his or her honesty.
B)  value his or her partner yet become distant from him or her.
C)  devalue his or her partner but try to become close to him or her.
D)  devalue his or her partner and become distant from him or her.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

A belief that leads to its own accomplishment is called:

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A)  a self-fulfilling prophecy.
B)  a belief confirmation.
C)  self-confirming validity.
D)  behavioral perseverance.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Which of the following exemplifies the statistical phenomenon of regression toward the average?

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A)  Habid fails to qualify for a job and thinks of ways in which his life would have changed if he had qualified.
B)  Anaya believes that her best friend calls her whenever she thinks about him.
C)  Wen is extremely disciplined in his first year of college but starts behaving like other students in the years that follow.
D)  Malak is overconfident and tends to overestimate the accuracy of her beliefs.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Which of the following is a thinking strategy that enables quick,efficient judgments?

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A)  an implicit attitude
B)  an explicit attitude
C)  a heuristic
D)  a confirmation biasE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

A cognitive rule that judges the likelihood of things in terms of their presence in memory is called the _____ heuristic.

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A)  availability
B)  representativeness
C)  vividness
D)  matchingE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 12

Provide examples of both the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic.

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Question 13

You walk into a classroom.You notice two people standing by the lectern at the front of the classroom: a middle-aged man and a young woman.You assume that the man is an instructor and the woman is a student because most of your professors are old.This is an example of the:

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A)  availability heuristic.
B)  representativeness heuristic.
C)  overconfidence phenomenon.
D)  confirmation bias.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

A researcher tells the participants of his study that risk-prone people make better firefighters than cautious people by showing some anecdotal evidence.Then,he asks the participants to explain why risk-prone people make better firefighters.Finally,he establishes that cautious people are better firefighters with the help of scientific evidence and informs the participants that the anecdote was made up for the study.In the context of belief perseverance,the participants of this study are most likely to:

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A)  change their original view and acknowledge that cautious people make better firefighters.
B)  believe that both risk-prone and cautious people are likely to be equally good as firefighters.
C)  be confused whether risk-prone or cautious people make better firefighters.
D)  continue to believe that risk-prone people make better fighters.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 15

A fellow student is consistently late for class.You assume this is because he is lazy and disorganized.What type of attribution are you making in this situation?

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A)  a motivational attribution
B)  a dispositional attribution
C)  a situational attribution
D)  an illusory attributionE) B) and C)
F) A) and B) B

Question 16

In a study conducted by Lassiter et al.(2005,2007) and Lassiter and Irvine (1986) ,participants observed a suspect confessing during a police interview.The results indicated that the participants were likely to perceive the confession as coerced when:

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A)  live.
B)  viewing through a two-way mirror.
C)  the camera was focused on the suspect.
D)  the camera was focused on the detective.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C) D

Question 17

Explain how misattribution can play a role in sexual harassment.

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Question 18

One reason people are overconfident is that they are not inclined to seek out information:

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A)  from experts.
B)  that is objective and factual.
C)  that involves judging estimates and comparisons.
D)  that might disprove what they believe.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 19

In a study conducted by Ridge and Reber (2002) ,men had to interview women for a teaching assistant position.The men were told that job candidates were either attracted to them or not attracted.The findings revealed that the:

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A)  men were likely to hire the female applicants.
B)  men were likely to perceive the women as being attractive.
C)  women perceived the men as being attracted to them.
D)  applicants believed to feel an attraction exhibited flirtatiousness.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Despite reading numerous research studies that associate fast food consumption with heart disease and diabetes,Rachel continues eating fast food and considers it harmless.Rachel's thinking is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  belief assimilation.
B)  belief consolidation.
C)  belief perseverance.
D)  the operation of the availability heuristic.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Exam 3: Social Beliefs and Judgments

Joanna watches a thriller movie Saw II.At 2:00 A.m. ,she hears a scratching sound on her window.Instead of realizing that the sound is caused by a tree branch,she assumes that a serial killer is trying to break in.This is an example of:

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You attend a party where you do not know anyone but expect others to be friendly toward you.You greet people warmly.Your actions,in turn,lead other people to behave in a friendly manner with you.This situation can best be described as:

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Yvette gets a B in her psychology exam.She tells her friend,"If I had put in a little more effort,I could have scored an A in the test." This is an example of:

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According to research done by Miller and his colleagues (1975) ,if you want young children to put trash in wastebaskets,you should repeatedly:

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Which of the following statements about moods and judgments is true?

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Mental concepts or templates that intuitively guide our perceptions and interpretations are called:

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Murray and his colleagues (2003) found that,among married couples,the self-fulfilling prophecy occurred when one person interpreted slight hurts as rejections.The person who felt rejected was then motivated to:

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A belief that leads to its own accomplishment is called:

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Which of the following exemplifies the statistical phenomenon of regression toward the average?

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Which of the following is a thinking strategy that enables quick,efficient judgments?

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A cognitive rule that judges the likelihood of things in terms of their presence in memory is called the _____ heuristic.

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You walk into a classroom.You notice two people standing by the lectern at the front of the classroom: a middle-aged man and a young woman.You assume that the man is an instructor and the woman is a student because most of your professors are old.This is an example of the:

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One reason people are overconfident is that they are not inclined to seek out information:

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In a study conducted by Ridge and Reber (2002) ,men had to interview women for a teaching assistant position.The men were told that job candidates were either attracted to them or not attracted.The findings revealed that the:

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Despite reading numerous research studies that associate fast food consumption with heart disease and diabetes,Rachel continues eating fast food and considers it harmless.Rachel's thinking is an example of:

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Joanna watches a thriller movie Saw II.At 2:00 A.m. ,she hears a scratching sound on her window.Instead of realizing that the sound is caused by a tree branch,she assumes that a serial killer is trying to break in.This is an example of:

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You attend a party where you do not know anyone but expect others to be friendly toward you.You greet people warmly.Your actions,in turn,lead other people to behave in a friendly manner with you.This situation can best be described as:

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Yvette gets a B in her psychology exam.She tells her friend,"If I had put in a little more effort,I could have scored an A in the test." This is an example of:

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According to research done by Miller and his colleagues (1975) ,if you want young children to put trash in wastebaskets,you should repeatedly:

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Which of the following statements about moods and judgments is true?

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Murray and his colleagues (2003) found that,among married couples,the self-fulfilling prophecy occurred when one person interpreted slight hurts as rejections.The person who felt rejected was then motivated to:

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A belief that leads to its own accomplishment is called:

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In a study conducted by Ridge and Reber (2002) ,men had to interview women for a teaching assistant position.The men were told that job candidates were either attracted to them or not attracted.The findings revealed that the:

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