Exam 3: Social Beliefs and Judgments

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?

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:

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:

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

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:

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:

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

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:

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:

A belief that leads to its own accomplishment is called:

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:

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

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

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:

Explain how misattribution can play a role in sexual harassment.

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

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

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

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

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: