Exam 5: Social Cognition

Jacob is taking his economics final exam.  He answers question #31 with "D" but isn't sure about it.  After answering all the other questions, he goes back to 31 and starts to believe that perhaps "C" was the right answer.  He decides to stick with "D," most likely because of ____.

When people make internal, stable attributions for the successes or failures of others, these attributions tend to concern questions of ____.

The automatic system of the duplex mind makes use of a series of mental shortcuts in order to obtain quick information about the likelihood of different outcomes. These are known as ____.

Attribution theory is most concerned with how people ____.

Theory perseverance is the idea that ____.

Claudio is not particularly surprised when he gets a low grade on a research paper since he and his partner are going through a particular difficult period in their relationship and he did not work on his research paper as diligently as he would have otherwise. Claudio is attributing his grade to ____ factors.

Which of the following is an explanation for the fundamental attribution error?

Which of the following kinds of thinking can help explain the first instinct fallacy?

Otilia is furious when she gets a grade of C on an exam that she thought she would have aced. She attributes her grade to a water main repair involving heavy construction equipment less than 10 yards from the open classroom windows. Otilia's explanation relies on ____ factors.

The _____ may help explain extrasensory perception (ESP)beliefs, such as when a dream comes true at a later time.

Research by Malle suggests that the basic distinction people make in attributions is between ____.

Research indicates that ____ engage in counterfactual thinking; and that ____ engage in meta-cognition.

The paradoxical effects of thought suppression have been linked to psychological disorders, especially ____.

Suppose you meet someone who is smart, adventurous, and highly knowledgeable about rockets and outer space. Even though there are not many astronauts in the world, you might immediately assume that this person is an astronaut just because he or she fits your image of what an astronaut is like. That is, you might ____ and rely on the ____.

A fitness company advertised its 5 K hiking activity as "a scenic walk through nature" instead of phrasing it as "a grueling climb to prevent clogged arteries." Thus, the company used a(n)_____ to get more people to register for the activity.

The belief that one should not change an answer on a test, even if additional consideration has led one to believe another answer might be the correct one, is called the ____.

What are the ways in which cognitive errors can be reduced?

The automatic system and the deliberate system learn in different ways and can't necessarily substitute for each other.

The concept of the "self-serving bias" refers to the tendency for people to ____.

Jorge just received an A+ on a physics exam. If you make an external attribution for this event, what might you be thinking?