Question 1

According to your textbook,if a person is rude to a colleague and we believe that the person is hostile,it is likely that this judgment

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A)  will not affect how we feel about the situation.
B)  will affect how we feel about the situation.
C)  will leave us indifferent to the situation.
D)  will be influenced by the time of the day the event happened.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

We are especially likely to analyze and discuss why things happen when the event in question is

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A)  negative or unexpected.
B)  positive or altruistic.
C)  normal or public.
D)  infrequent or private.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

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

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A)  that comes from experts.
B)  that is objective and factual.
C)  that involves judging estimates and comparisons.
D)  that might disprove what they believe.E) None of the above
F) A) and B) D

Question 4

Our use of the availability heuristic highlights a basic principle of social thinking.This principle holds that:

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A)  people are slow to deduce particular instances from a general truth.
B)  people are slow to infer general truth from a vivid instance.
C)  people are quick to deduce particular instances from a general truth.
D)  people are very accurate to explain the vivid instances based on general truth.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Videotaped confessions are more likely to lead to convictions when the tape

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A)  focuses on the confessor.
B)  focuses on the interrogator.
C)  focuses on both the confessor and the interrogator.
D)  focuses on the police officer.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

One factor associated with the fundamental attribution error is that our perspectives or attributions change with time.When asked to make an attribution about our own personalities now,we are more likely to make a ______________ attribution,whereas when asked to describe our behaviour 5 years ago,we are more likely to make a(n) _______________ attribution.

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A)  situational; external
B)  situational; dispositional
C)  dispositional; situational
D)  dispositional; internalE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

The incorrect belief that more people live in Iraq (30 million) than Tanzania (44 million) can be understood in terms of

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A)  the availability heuristic.
B)  hindsight bias.
C)  regression toward the average.
D)  the illusion of control.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following terms might be used to describe best mental shortcuts?

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A)  base-rate fallacy
B)  hindsight bias
C)  illusion of control
D)  heuristicE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Priming studies examining the unconscious suggest that the unconscious

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A)  is a superstitious belief.
B)  controls our feelings.
C)  has no control on our behaviour.
D)  may control much of our behaviour.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

If you are told that someone you've never met is attracted to you,you will most likely

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A)  behave toward that person in a way that draws out their flirtatious behaviour.
B)  behave toward that person in a way that causes them to become shy and withdrawn.
C)  feel less attracted to the person than you would have without knowledge of their attraction to you.
D)  be very self-conscious and shy in the presence of that person.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C) A

Question 11

Which of the following best explains why women fear being assaulted by a stranger more than by an acquaintance,even though the opposite is more often the reality?

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A)  The base-rate fallacy
B)  The availability heuristic
C)  Counterfactual thinking
D)  The misinformation effectE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

According to the research conducted by Nisbett and Ross (1980) ,laboratory procedures _________ our intuitive powers.

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A)  overestimate
B)  underestimate
C)  fairly judge
D)  unfairly judgeE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of the four proposals made by Nisbett and Ross (1980) to reduce our vulnerability to certain types of error?

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A)  We train people to recognize likely sources of error in their own social intuition.
B)  We make such teaching more effective by richly illustrating it with concrete,vivid anecdotes and examples from everyday life.
C)  We reduce the number of statistics courses.
D)  We teach memorable and useful slogans,such as "It's an empirical question!"E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Dottie has the illusory belief that there is a correlation between washing her car and the occurrence of rain in her area.According to research,Dottie is now much more likely to notice when

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A)  it rains and she has not washed her car.
B)  it rains and she has just washed her car.
C)  it does not rain and she has just washed her car.
D)  it does not rain and she has not washed her car.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

At a family gathering,Frankie's little cousin,Sandra,slaps him.Aunt Viv comments,"little Sandra is always slapping people these days!" With this information,what type of attribution are you most likely to make about Sandra's behaviour?

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A)  An internal attribution.
B)  An external attribution.
C)  A distinctive attribution.
D)  A consistent attribution.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Jones and Harris (1967) had students read debaters' speeches either supporting or attacking Cuban leader Fidel Castro.When the students were later told that the debater's position had been assigned,they

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A)  assumed the debater's position merely reflected the demands of the assignment.
B)  described the speaker's position as poorly developed.
C)  concluded that to some extent the speech reflected the speaker's true beliefs.
D)  concluded that the debate coach was an effective persuader.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

According to the textbook,one reason for overconfidence is that people tend to

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A)  justify their judgments.
B)  deny their mistakes.
C)  forget their mistaken judgments.
D)  recall their mistaken judgments as times when they were almost right.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Researchers Roger Buehler and his colleagues (1994,2010) ,and Peetz & Buehler (2009) reported that most students _____ how long it will take them to complete major assignments and _____ how much money they will save in coming weeks.

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A)  underestimate; overestimate
B)  underestimate; underestimate
C)  overestimate; overestimate
D)  overestimate; underestimateE) B) and C)
F) C) and D) A

Question 19

Moods can affect our thinking by

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A)  triggering memories associated with those moods.
B)  triggering more effortful processing.
C)  triggering self-fulfilling prophecies.
D)  triggering more deep processing.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Which of the following statements about the biases that penetrate our thinking is true?

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A)  We are mostly unaware of them.
B)  We are usually aware of them but deny that they play a significant role in our judgments.
C)  We are aware of them and usually use them to our advantage.
D)  Very few-if any-biases affect our thinking powerfully enough to harm ourselves or others.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 3: Social Beliefs and Judgments

According to your textbook,if a person is rude to a colleague and we believe that the person is hostile,it is likely that this judgment

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We are especially likely to analyze and discuss why things happen when the event in question is

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

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Our use of the availability heuristic highlights a basic principle of social thinking.This principle holds that:

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Videotaped confessions are more likely to lead to convictions when the tape

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The incorrect belief that more people live in Iraq (30 million) than Tanzania (44 million) can be understood in terms of

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Which of the following terms might be used to describe best mental shortcuts?

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Priming studies examining the unconscious suggest that the unconscious

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If you are told that someone you've never met is attracted to you,you will most likely

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Which of the following best explains why women fear being assaulted by a stranger more than by an acquaintance,even though the opposite is more often the reality?

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According to the research conducted by Nisbett and Ross (1980) ,laboratory procedures _________ our intuitive powers.

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Which of the following is not one of the four proposals made by Nisbett and Ross (1980) to reduce our vulnerability to certain types of error?

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Dottie has the illusory belief that there is a correlation between washing her car and the occurrence of rain in her area.According to research,Dottie is now much more likely to notice when

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At a family gathering,Frankie's little cousin,Sandra,slaps him.Aunt Viv comments,"little Sandra is always slapping people these days!" With this information,what type of attribution are you most likely to make about Sandra's behaviour?

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Jones and Harris (1967) had students read debaters' speeches either supporting or attacking Cuban leader Fidel Castro.When the students were later told that the debater's position had been assigned,they

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According to the textbook,one reason for overconfidence is that people tend to

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Researchers Roger Buehler and his colleagues (1994,2010) ,and Peetz & Buehler (2009) reported that most students _ how long it will take them to complete major assignments and _ how much money they will save in coming weeks.

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Which of the following statements about the biases that penetrate our thinking is true?

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Exam 3: Social Beliefs and Judgments

According to your textbook,if a person is rude to a colleague and we believe that the person is hostile,it is likely that this judgment

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

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The incorrect belief that more people live in Iraq (30 million) than Tanzania (44 million) can be understood in terms of

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Priming studies examining the unconscious suggest that the unconscious

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Dottie has the illusory belief that there is a correlation between washing her car and the occurrence of rain in her area.According to research,Dottie is now much more likely to notice when

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At a family gathering,Frankie's little cousin,Sandra,slaps him.Aunt Viv comments,"little Sandra is always slapping people these days!" With this information,what type of attribution are you most likely to make about Sandra's behaviour?

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Jones and Harris (1967) had students read debaters' speeches either supporting or attacking Cuban leader Fidel Castro.When the students were later told that the debater's position had been assigned,they

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