Exam 4: Thinking About People and Events

If people are given the opportunity to choose a lottery ticket,they often believe they have a greater chance of winning compared with people who were handed a lottery ticket and not allowed to choose.This illustrates the:

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Braden believes that if he works hard in school,he can make himself more intelligent.This suggests that Braden has an _____ mind-set about intelligence.

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The covariation principle refers to:

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The tendency to attribute behavior to internal qualities of an actor and to underestimate situational factors is referred to as:

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A downward counterfactual is:

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Question 5

Gita hears a description of a person who sounds very much like an engineer.Even if Gita knows that the person goes to a college where engineering is a very unpopular degree,he is still likely to believe that the person is an engineer.This is an example of the:

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People in the United States are more likely to die in car crashes than in airplane crashes.People,however,often assume that flying is more dangerous than driving.This is an example of:

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If Tyrell believes he failed his math test because he has no mathematical intelligence,then Tyrell is making a(n)_____ attribution about his behavior.

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Question 8

Blaming victims for the suffering they experience is an example of what phenomenon?

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Question 9

The process of storing information in short-term memory is called _,while the process of storing information in long-term memory is called _.

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Question 10

The term "mood-congruent memory" refers to the fact that:

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Question 11

Which of the following situations is most likely to generate feelings of guilt and regret?

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Research suggests that which of the following will NOT result from convincing a person to adopt an incremental mind-set?

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Question 13

The actor-observer effect describes the tendency:

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Everyone in the class laughed at the professor's joke.According to Kelly's covariation model of attributions,this is an example of a behavior:

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Question 15

The tendency to assume that information that comes easily to mind is more frequent or common is referred to as the _;the tendency to judge how frequently an event occurs on the basis of how readily one can call to mind examples of that event is referred to as the _.

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All of the following are true about false consensus EXCEPT which statement?

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Question 17

According to Kelley's covariation model of attributions,if we know that someone's opinion has low distinctiveness,it MOST CLEARLY tells us that it is caused by:

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All of the following are true about first impressions EXCEPT which statement?

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Question 19

According to the text,which of the following is NOT an essential way that people make sense of their social world?

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If people are given the opportunity to choose a lottery ticket,they often believe they have a greater chance of winning compared with people who were handed a lottery ticket and not allowed to choose.This illustrates the:

Braden believes that if he works hard in school,he can make himself more intelligent.This suggests that Braden has an _____ mind-set about intelligence.

The covariation principle refers to:

The tendency to attribute behavior to internal qualities of an actor and to underestimate situational factors is referred to as:

A downward counterfactual is:

Gita hears a description of a person who sounds very much like an engineer.Even if Gita knows that the person goes to a college where engineering is a very unpopular degree,he is still likely to believe that the person is an engineer.This is an example of the:

People in the United States are more likely to die in car crashes than in airplane crashes.People,however,often assume that flying is more dangerous than driving.This is an example of:

If Tyrell believes he failed his math test because he has no mathematical intelligence,then Tyrell is making a(n)_____ attribution about his behavior.

Blaming victims for the suffering they experience is an example of what phenomenon?

The process of storing information in short-term memory is called _,while the process of storing information in long-term memory is called _.

The term "mood-congruent memory" refers to the fact that:

Which of the following situations is most likely to generate feelings of guilt and regret?

Research suggests that which of the following will NOT result from convincing a person to adopt an incremental mind-set?

The actor-observer effect describes the tendency:

Everyone in the class laughed at the professor's joke.According to Kelly's covariation model of attributions,this is an example of a behavior:

The tendency to assume that information that comes easily to mind is more frequent or common is referred to as the _;the tendency to judge how frequently an event occurs on the basis of how readily one can call to mind examples of that event is referred to as the _.

All of the following are true about false consensus EXCEPT which statement?

According to Kelley's covariation model of attributions,if we know that someone's opinion has low distinctiveness,it MOST CLEARLY tells us that it is caused by:

All of the following are true about first impressions EXCEPT which statement?

According to the text,which of the following is NOT an essential way that people make sense of their social world?

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Exam 4: Thinking About People and Events

If people are given the opportunity to choose a lottery ticket,they often believe they have a greater chance of winning compared with people who were handed a lottery ticket and not allowed to choose.This illustrates the:

Braden believes that if he works hard in school,he can make himself more intelligent.This suggests that Braden has an _____ mind-set about intelligence.

The covariation principle refers to:

The tendency to attribute behavior to internal qualities of an actor and to underestimate situational factors is referred to as:

A downward counterfactual is:

Gita hears a description of a person who sounds very much like an engineer.Even if Gita knows that the person goes to a college where engineering is a very unpopular degree,he is still likely to believe that the person is an engineer.This is an example of the:

People in the United States are more likely to die in car crashes than in airplane crashes.People,however,often assume that flying is more dangerous than driving.This is an example of:

If Tyrell believes he failed his math test because he has no mathematical intelligence,then Tyrell is making a(n)_____ attribution about his behavior.

Blaming victims for the suffering they experience is an example of what phenomenon?

The process of storing information in short-term memory is called _____,while the process of storing information in long-term memory is called _____.

The term "mood-congruent memory" refers to the fact that:

Which of the following situations is most likely to generate feelings of guilt and regret?

Research suggests that which of the following will NOT result from convincing a person to adopt an incremental mind-set?

The actor-observer effect describes the tendency:

Everyone in the class laughed at the professor's joke.According to Kelly's covariation model of attributions,this is an example of a behavior:

The tendency to assume that information that comes easily to mind is more frequent or common is referred to as the _____;the tendency to judge how frequently an event occurs on the basis of how readily one can call to mind examples of that event is referred to as the _____.

All of the following are true about false consensus EXCEPT which statement?

According to Kelley's covariation model of attributions,if we know that someone's opinion has low distinctiveness,it MOST CLEARLY tells us that it is caused by:

All of the following are true about first impressions EXCEPT which statement?

According to the text,which of the following is NOT an essential way that people make sense of their social world?

The Revealing Science of Social Psychology

Fundamentals of Social Behavior

The Core Elements of Social Cognition

The Nature, Origins, and Functions of the Self

The Key Self-Motives: Consistency, Esteem, Presentation, and Growth

Social Influence

Persuasion, Attitudes, and Behavior

Group Processes

Understanding Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

Responding to and Reducing Prejudice

Interpersonal Aggression

Prosocial Behavior

Interpersonal Attraction

Close Relationships

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The process of storing information in short-term memory is called _,while the process of storing information in long-term memory is called _.

The tendency to assume that information that comes easily to mind is more frequent or common is referred to as the _;the tendency to judge how frequently an event occurs on the basis of how readily one can call to mind examples of that event is referred to as the _.