Exam 3: Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

When Matilda met Joe,she instantly categorized him as a nerd because of his appearance and intense interest in technology and mathematics.Matilda's categorization is an example of her use of

An important function of controlled thinking is to

When people tend to focus on the properties of objects without consideration of the context,this is described as a(n) ____ thinking style.

What is automatic processing,and what are the two major types of automatic processing that people use?

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.

What are schemas,and why are they often adaptive?

Your textbook cites the example of the Amadou Diallo case as an example of automatic processing.How does this case show how automatic processing can lead to errors?

Why do schemas differ from culture to culture?

People tend to have ____ emotional reactions the ____ it is to "mentally undo" an outcome.

Based on the study by Shariff and Norenzayan (2007)presented in your text,if you pass by several churches,then a block or so later a homeless person asks you for change,how are you likely to behave?

According to the authors of your text,people are likely to quickly categorize people they have just met.This is due to people's reliance on

Several studies conducted by Nisbett and his colleagues involved showing participants two similar pictures and asking them to find the differences between them.Nisbett and colleagues found that East Asian participants were more likely to focus on details

In general,when people first encounter a novel situation,they tend to

Several studies conducted by Nisbett and his colleagues suggest that people who grow up in East Asian cultures think more ____ than people who grew up in Western cultures.

Jordan has just read about the importance of good communication in romantic relationships.Yet when he goes to play basketball with his friends,he repeatedly fails to communicate who he is passing the ball to,and never indicates when he is open to receive a pass.The best explanation for why Jordan was not successfully primed to be a good communicator with his friends is that the article about romantic relationships was not considered ____ in the new context.

Julie sees an Asian couple at the New York City Zoo.According to ____,she may assume they are foreigners touring the area,but according to ____,she should assume that given the low tourism rate in her town,they are actually local residents.

Recall that Harold Kelley (1950)told some college students that their guest lecturer was a warm person,and others that he was a cold person.The visitor then lectured for twenty minutes,and behaved in a very arrogant way during the lecture.When students evaluated the lecturer,

Consider information from the authors of your text about the availability heuristic.If you wanted to improve customer satisfaction survey ratings for your company,which of the following would you ask customers in terms of their suggestions for improvement?

Nao was raised in Japan,and is walking through Times Square in New York City.Based on results from Nisbett's studies on cultural differences in thinking styles,which of the following would Nao be most likely to notice relative to people raised in the U.S.?

Which of the following decisions would you be least likely to make via automatic processing? A decision about