Exam 5: Social Cognition

Whenever you smell coconut oil, you tend to think about your recent vacation in the Bahamas (where you and your friends used lots of coconut suntan oil). This also makes you think about all of the fun and crazy things you did on your trip. That is, the smell of coconut oil ____ memories of your trip.

Erica intensely dislikes a particular coworker and seems only to notice her negative qualities. For example, when the coworker is late for work but happens to bring in donuts, Erica assumes that the coworker brought donuts because he knew he was going to be late and is trying to deflect attention his lateness. It does not occur to her that her coworker is late because he stopped to buy donuts. Erica's conclusions illustrate ____.

The self-serving bias refers to people's tendency to think that others are more similar to them than they really are when it comes to their faults and weaknesses.