Exam 3: Social Cognition

If accurate judgments are our goal,we should use base rate information instead of the representativeness heuristic when

After seeing the movie Fargo,Craig firmly believes that Minnesotans are the goofiest people in the United States.You believe that Minnesotans are no goofier than people any place else,and you would like to get Craig to change his judgment.To do this,you might

According to the authors,why do people often put their thinking on "automatic pilot"?

We are most likely to rely on schemas when the situation we confront is

"If it walks like a duck,and quacks like a duck,it must be a duck..." This expression best captures the essence of the

Assume that the winning lottery ticket was purchased at the convenience store just around the corner from your house.According to research on counterfactual thinking,you would probably feel worse than if the winning ticket had been purchased in another city,because

Feeling lonely and sorry for himself,Jerry moans,"If only I hadn't gotten drunk and made a fool of myself on my date with Mary,she and I would now be happily married." According to the text,Jerry is engaging in

Your roommate is interested in dating Carlotta,a woman you know from a history class.Your roommate asks if you think Carlotta is generally a considerate person.You remember how Carlotta lent you her notes when you missed class last week,and tell your roommate you think Carlotta is very considerate.In making your judgment,you have relied upon the _______ heuristic.

Psychologists distinguish between two types of cognitive processing._______ processing is nonconscious and unintentional,whereas _______ processing is conscious and intentional.

The first day of class Maria absolutely loved her new social psychology professor,but Daniel couldn't stand the professor.If their interpretations were influenced by schemas,in all likelihood,Maria had heard ________,whereas Daniel had heard ________.

Mental structures that organize information in our social world are called

If I tell you that someone I know is a man who has a beard,drinks wine,and likes to read poetry,and you guess that he is more likely to be a classics professor than a construction worker,you are

The self-fulfilling prophecy occurs because we often

According to research conducted by Richard Nisbett and his colleagues (1983,1986,1987),how might you improve your social reasoning? Take a(n)_______ course.

Michelle has worked on a psychiatric unit for three years.On the way home from work one day,she encounters a man who gestures wildly and talks to himself while he stands at the bus stop.Michelle thinks to herself,"That poor guy must be psychotic.He should be on medication." This example illustrates that ________ can increase the accessibility of schemas or concepts.

When people classify a stimulus based on how similar it appears to the typical case,they are using the _______ heuristic.

The shortcuts or "rules of thumb" that people use to make judgments and decisions quickly and efficiently are called

According to the text,which of the following statements about judgmental heuristics is false?

Based on your reading of Chapter 3 (Social Cognition),who would you predict would be more frustrated: Katie,who missed an "A" by one point,or James,who missed an "A" by five points?

You do not know many people with disabilities,but view a telethon in which people with disabilities are shown needing and appreciating help.The next day,you see a blind person walking down the street,judge her to be in need of help,and ask her if you can help her find her destination.The notion of helping people with disabilities was ________ by the telethon,and became accessible in this situation.