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Question 1
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Reasoning based on the ease with which we can bring something to mind involves the
use of the
heuristic.
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Question 2
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All of the following describe controlled thinking
except
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Question 3
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teachers that some of their students (called “bloomers”) would show great academic
improvement in the upcoming year. In reality, the “bloomers” were chosen randomly by
the researchers, and were no smarter than any of the other students. Which of the
following best describes the results of this study? At the end of the year,
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Question 4
bloomers improved more on an IQ test than did non-
bloomers.
2 out of 2 points
The
heuristic refers to the mental shortcut whereby people classify a person or
thing based on how similar it appears to be to the typical case.
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Question 5
representativenes
s
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Self-fulfilling prophecies can best be described as
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Question 6
when people inadvertently make schemas come true by the way
they treat others.
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is
not
an example of automatic thinking?
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Question 7
conducting a search on the
Internet
2 out of 2 points
Warren believes that Tom is an outgoing, gregarious person. “Whom did you hang out
with this weekend?” Warren asks Tom. “Tell me about all of the fun things that you have
planned for the summer,” Warren continues. Although Tom is usually rather quiet and
reserved, he responds to Warren in an outgoing, friendly manner. This is an example of
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a self-fulfilling
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prophecy.
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Question 8
2 out of 2 points
According to the authors of your text, what is the primary reason that people often rely
on a variety of mental shortcuts? We’re
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Question 9
confronted with an overwhelming amount of social
information.
2 out of 2 points
Recall Medvec and her colleagues’ (1995) study of the emotions experienced by Olympic
athletes who won bronze and silver medals. If silver medalists outperformed bronze
medalists, why were they less happy?
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Answer:
It was easier for silver medalists to imagine winning the
gold medal.
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Question 10
2 out of 2 points
When the psychologist asks, “Tell me the first thing that comes to mind,” he/she is asking
for the most
schema.
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Answer:
accessib
le
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Question 11
2 out of 2 points
People tend to have
emotional reactions the
it is to “mentally undo” an
outcome.
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Answer:
stronger;
easier
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Question 12
The planning fallacy is the tendency to .
2 out of 2 points
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Answer:
underestimate the time it will take to complete a project, even when past
experience shows that you tend to underestimate your timing
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Question 13
2 out of 2 points
Jason cannot stop thinking about the fact that because he turned in his term paper late,
he missed getting an “A” in the class. He repetitively focuses on this negative part of the
class; in other words, his counterfactual thinking has turned into
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Answer:
ruminatio
n.
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Question 14
2 out of 2 points
The basic type of information people use about others to form impressions and
understand them is
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Answer:
nonverbal
behavior.
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Question 15
2 out of 2 points
According to research presented in this chapter, we typically use two steps in making
attributions. The first step involves , and the second step involves .
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Answer:
forming an internal attribution; adjusting for the
situation
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Question 16
2 out of 2 points
When making an attribution, Pete considers how his brother’s behavior is similar to that
of other teens in similar situations. Pete is using
information.
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Answer:
consensu
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Question 17
2 out of 2 points
When people make internal attributions for their successes and external attributions for
their failures in order to protect their self-esteem, they are making
.
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Answer:
self-serving attributions
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Question 18
2 out of 2 points
Emma arrived late for her job interview, wore too much cologne, and forgot the
interviewer's name. Because of the
, the interviewer formed a negative
of her.
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Answer:
primacy effect;
impression
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Question 19
Social perception is defined as
.
2 out of 2 points
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how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people
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Question 20
2 out of 2 points
All of the following are among the six universally recognized facial expressions reported
by Ekman
except
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Answer:
guil
t.
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Question 21
2 out of 2 points
The six major facial expressions discussed in the text are widely considered to be
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Answer:
univers
al.
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Question 22
2 out of 2 points
The primacy effect involves using the
traits we perceive in others to understand
additional information we learn about them.
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Answer:
firs
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Question 23
2 out of 2 points
Using
, individuals can draw meaningful conclusions about another person's
personality or skills based on an extremely brief sample of behavior.
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Answer:
thin-
slicing
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Question 24
2 out of 2 points
When people make attributions, research has suggested that they rely less on consensus
information than the covariation model suggests, and rely more heavily on
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Answer:
consistency and
distinctiveness.
Students in the United States seldom applaud after a lecture, whereas students in Europe
often applaud or rap their knuckles on their desks. This cultural difference reflects the
power of
to influence nonverbal communication.
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Answer:
display
rules
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Question 25
2 out of 2 points
