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People who think well of themselves may use counterfactual reasoning to repair a bad mood.

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B) False

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Question 72

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People often ignore or undervalue statistical information in comparison with

A) visual information
B) positive information
C) unusual information
D) case history information

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Question 73

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________ can be used to help understand the psychology of "near misses" And the frustration or regret that people feel when they narrowly miss out on some positive situation or opportunity.

In a study on the effects of mental simulation, Pham and Taylor (1999) showed that the students who scored highest on an exam were those who

The fact that we are more likely to use schemas to judge the only woman in a roomful of men demonstrates the importance of ________.

In recent years, social psychologists have provided compelling evidence that many social cognition processes occur virtually __________ and without awareness.

Social cognition is the study of how people form ________ from social information in the environment.

When people are making judgments of covariation, they do not usually follow a rational model of judgment.

Describe four methods used by researchers to induce positive or negative moods.

If asked to think of a flower, most people will think of a rose or a daisy, rather than a poppy or a hyacinth. A rose is therefore a(n)

At a meeting of their book club, Susan, the only red-headed member of the group, gets angry when another member disagrees with her. The others in the group interpret her reaction as due to her "hot temper," A trait assumed to be typical of redheads. This is an example of the effects of

Define the term "script" and describe an example. What are the advantages and disadvantages of organizing information in this way?

Schemas are important because they help us process an enormous amount of information swiftly and economically.

Define and explain the difference between "primacy" and the "priming effect" as determinants in the schema selection process.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of schemas?

People who are in a good mood are less likely to be altruistic than people in a bad mood.

Prior expectations can be helpful in sifting through a lot of information, but sometimes prior expectations can cause us to make inaccurate decisions. Discuss the four conditions of prior expectations that are especially problematic.

Describe the sources of bias that influence our information gathering.

If a case history does not lead us to a strong conclusion, we are more likely to rely on the statistical evidence.

In a study of sex discrimination in hiring, researchers found that women were more likely to be discriminated against when