Question 1

A person's understanding of _____ is a compromise among a desire to be accurate,be certain,and hold valued beliefs.

Accepted Answer

A) the physical world 
B) their own mortality 
C) others' behavior 
D) reality 
A) the physical world 
B) their own mortality 
C) others' behavior 
D) reality

Question 2

All of the following are true about the experiential system EXCEPT which statement?

Accepted Answer

A) It can be used to make rapid "good enough" judgments. 
B) It uses heuristics. 
C) It is intuitive. 
D) It involves slow processing. 
A) It can be used to make rapid "good enough" judgments. 
B) It uses heuristics. 
C) It is intuitive. 
D) It involves slow processing.

Question 3

As you sit in class and look at your psychology professor,you begin to think of all the traits that are generally associated with college professors and think about other college professors that you have had in the past.This is an example of a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) impression. 
B) category. 
C) schema. 
D) heuristic. 
A) impression. 
B) category. 
C) schema. 
D) heuristic.

Question 4

What does research on the somatic marker hypothesis tell us about the nature of the unconscious?

Accepted Answer

A) Emotions are only an impediment to rational judgments. 
B) People who cannot make social decisions are incapable of feeling emotion. 
C) Emotions are conscious rather than unconscious phenomena. 
D) Unconscious,emotional evaluations are necessary for good social judgment. 
A) Emotions are only an impediment to rational judgments. 
B) People who cannot make social decisions are incapable of feeling emotion. 
C) Emotions are conscious rather than unconscious phenomena. 
D) Unconscious,emotional evaluations are necessary for good social judgment.

Question 5

Kalina rarely ever thinks about Halloween except when she bites into a Braeburn apple.For Kalina,Braeburn apples and Halloween are:

Accepted Answer

A) part of a single "eating an apple" script. 
B) chronically accessible schemas. 
C) in the same associative network. 
D) typically salient. 
A) part of a single "eating an apple" script. 
B) chronically accessible schemas. 
C) in the same associative network. 
D) typically salient.

Question 6

If a behavior is automatized,this means that the:

Accepted Answer

A) behavior is so complicated it automatically engages all cognitive processes simultaneously. 
B) person performing the behavior can do so without devoting attention to it. 
C) behavior is a component of a stereotype. 
D) behavior is primarily controlled by the cognitive system of thought. 
A) behavior is so complicated it automatically engages all cognitive processes simultaneously. 
B) person performing the behavior can do so without devoting attention to it. 
C) behavior is a component of a stereotype. 
D) behavior is primarily controlled by the cognitive system of thought.

Question 7

All of the following are true about the confirmation bias EXCEPT which statement?

Accepted Answer

A) It often leads to inaccurate interpretations of new information. 
B) It often leads to a better understanding of new information. 
C) It helps preserve people's worldviews. 
D) It provides people with psychological security. 
A) It often leads to inaccurate interpretations of new information. 
B) It often leads to a better understanding of new information. 
C) It helps preserve people's worldviews. 
D) It provides people with psychological security.

Question 8

In studies where participants complete a gambling task where they could continually choose between low-risk and high-risk card decks,what was found among patients who have experienced ventromedial brain damage (and therefore lower arousal)?

Accepted Answer

A) They are equally likely to choose between low- and high-risk decks. 
B) They learn over time to choose the low-risk deck. 
C) They continually choose the high-risk deck. 
D) They choose the high-risk deck only in those instances where their arousal level actually increases. 
A) They are equally likely to choose between low- and high-risk decks. 
B) They learn over time to choose the low-risk deck. 
C) They continually choose the high-risk deck. 
D) They choose the high-risk deck only in those instances where their arousal level actually increases.

Question 9

Which of the following does NOT play a role in how accessible certain schemas are?

Accepted Answer

A) a person's personality 
B) priming 
C) the immediate environment 
D) a person's gender 
A) a person's personality 
B) priming 
C) the immediate environment 
D) a person's gender

Question 10

What does current research suggest about the relationship between unconscious processes and decision-making?

Accepted Answer

A) People who are in prison are more likely to have made decisions based on unconscious processes. 
B) The unconscious is incapable of making decisions because no concrete thoughts can be formed in the unconscious. 
C) Relying on the unconscious to make decisions always results in irrational and detrimental behavior. 
D) Impressions and feelings that we have on an unconscious level often carry important information about the best decision in a situation. 
A) People who are in prison are more likely to have made decisions based on unconscious processes. 
B) The unconscious is incapable of making decisions because no concrete thoughts can be formed in the unconscious. 
C) Relying on the unconscious to make decisions always results in irrational and detrimental behavior. 
D) Impressions and feelings that we have on an unconscious level often carry important information about the best decision in a situation.

Question 11

Orit has knowledge of what her birthday party tonight is going to be like.She expects to receive presents,see her friends,and eat good food.What is the term for Orit's knowledge of the events that will happen at her birthday party?

Accepted Answer

A) impression 
B) script 
C) stereotype 
D) category 
A) impression 
B) script 
C) stereotype 
D) category

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a likely source of the information contained in our schemas about events and groups of people?

Accepted Answer

A) gossip and rumors 
B) film and television 
C) future ways in which people and events might deviate from our expectations 
D) mass media biases 
A) gossip and rumors 
B) film and television 
C) future ways in which people and events might deviate from our expectations 
D) mass media biases

Question 13

The _____ is the idea that people experience certain bodily changes as emotions,and they come to associate those changes with positive or negative contexts,which helps guide their decision-making process.

Accepted Answer

A) emotion script 
B) somatic marker hypothesis 
C) assimilation effect 
D) implicit association test 
A) emotion script 
B) somatic marker hypothesis 
C) assimilation effect 
D) implicit association test

Question 14

What does current research suggest about the relationship between social cognition,emotion,and motivation?

Accepted Answer

A) These are three independent processes of interpersonal interaction that are dominant in separate situations. 
B) Social cognition is largely driven by people's motivations. 
C) Social cognition is impacted by people's emotional and mood states. 
D) Social cognition is influenced both by people's motivations and the emotions that they feel. 
A) These are three independent processes of interpersonal interaction that are dominant in separate situations. 
B) Social cognition is largely driven by people's motivations. 
C) Social cognition is impacted by people's emotional and mood states. 
D) Social cognition is influenced both by people's motivations and the emotions that they feel.

Question 15

Jose is tired after a long day.Now he has to decide what to eat for dinner.Research suggests that Jose will probably:

Accepted Answer

A) eat whatever food is recommended to him first and seems "good enough." 
B) find and eat the food that would be best for restoring his energy after his long day of activity. 
C) eat a food that he always likes to eat,even if it means spending extra effort to get that food. 
D) seek out and try a new food which he has never had before. 
A) eat whatever food is recommended to him first and seems "good enough." 
B) find and eat the food that would be best for restoring his energy after his long day of activity. 
C) eat a food that he always likes to eat,even if it means spending extra effort to get that food. 
D) seek out and try a new food which he has never had before.

Question 16

What happens when a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs?

Accepted Answer

A) People interpret information in a way that confirms their existing schemas. 
B) A person's high expectations for themselves lead to an expansion of their self-concept. 
C) Initially false expectations lead to the fulfilment of those expectations. 
D) A person with a psychiatric disorder is able to see events which no one else can see. 
A) People interpret information in a way that confirms their existing schemas. 
B) A person's high expectations for themselves lead to an expansion of their self-concept. 
C) Initially false expectations lead to the fulfilment of those expectations. 
D) A person with a psychiatric disorder is able to see events which no one else can see.

Question 17

A major challenge for individuals to make sense of the social world is the ____of information.

Accepted Answer

A) quality 
B) quantity 
C) type 
D) accuracy 
A) quality 
B) quantity 
C) type 
D) accuracy

Question 18

Tyrone typically listens to talk radio that supports his existing political beliefs.He is less inclined to listen to talk radio stations that may disprove his beliefs.This is an example of the:

Accepted Answer

A) confirmation bias. 
B) self-fulfilling prophecy. 
C) overconfidence phenomenon. 
D) hindsight bias. 
A) confirmation bias. 
B) self-fulfilling prophecy. 
C) overconfidence phenomenon. 
D) hindsight bias.

Question 19

_____ are mental links between concepts that one has experienced close together in space and time,while _____ are mental links between concepts having similar meaning.

Accepted Answer

A) Needs for specific closure;needs for nonspecific closure 
B) Semantic associations;experiential associations 
C) Experiential associations;semantic associations 
D) Needs for nonspecific closure;needs for specific closure 
A) Needs for specific closure;needs for nonspecific closure 
B) Semantic associations;experiential associations 
C) Experiential associations;semantic associations 
D) Needs for nonspecific closure;needs for specific closure

Question 20

A mental construct where people place things that are similar to each other is called a:

Accepted Answer

A) schema. 
B) category. 
C) script. 
D) heuristic. 
A) schema. 
B) category. 
C) script. 
D) heuristic.

A person's understanding of _____ is a compromise among a desire to be accurate,be certain,and hold valued beliefs.

All of the following are true about the experiential system EXCEPT which statement?

As you sit in class and look at your psychology professor,you begin to think of all the traits that are generally associated with college professors and think about other college professors that you have had in the past.This is an example of a(n):

What does research on the somatic marker hypothesis tell us about the nature of the unconscious?

Kalina rarely ever thinks about Halloween except when she bites into a Braeburn apple.For Kalina,Braeburn apples and Halloween are:

If a behavior is automatized,this means that the:

All of the following are true about the confirmation bias EXCEPT which statement?

In studies where participants complete a gambling task where they could continually choose between low-risk and high-risk card decks,what was found among patients who have experienced ventromedial brain damage (and therefore lower arousal)?

Which of the following does NOT play a role in how accessible certain schemas are?

What does current research suggest about the relationship between unconscious processes and decision-making?

Orit has knowledge of what her birthday party tonight is going to be like.She expects to receive presents,see her friends,and eat good food.What is the term for Orit's knowledge of the events that will happen at her birthday party?

Which of the following is NOT a likely source of the information contained in our schemas about events and groups of people?

The _____ is the idea that people experience certain bodily changes as emotions,and they come to associate those changes with positive or negative contexts,which helps guide their decision-making process.

What does current research suggest about the relationship between social cognition,emotion,and motivation?

Jose is tired after a long day.Now he has to decide what to eat for dinner.Research suggests that Jose will probably:

What happens when a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs?

A major challenge for individuals to make sense of the social world is the ____of information.

Tyrone typically listens to talk radio that supports his existing political beliefs.He is less inclined to listen to talk radio stations that may disprove his beliefs.This is an example of the:

_ are mental links between concepts that one has experienced close together in space and time,while _ are mental links between concepts having similar meaning.

A mental construct where people place things that are similar to each other is called a:

The Revealing Science of Social Psychology

Fundamentals of Social Behavior

Thinking About People and Events

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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Exam 3: The Core Elements of Social Cognition

A person's understanding of _____ is a compromise among a desire to be accurate,be certain,and hold valued beliefs.

All of the following are true about the experiential system EXCEPT which statement?

As you sit in class and look at your psychology professor,you begin to think of all the traits that are generally associated with college professors and think about other college professors that you have had in the past.This is an example of a(n):

What does research on the somatic marker hypothesis tell us about the nature of the unconscious?

Kalina rarely ever thinks about Halloween except when she bites into a Braeburn apple.For Kalina,Braeburn apples and Halloween are:

If a behavior is automatized,this means that the:

All of the following are true about the confirmation bias EXCEPT which statement?

In studies where participants complete a gambling task where they could continually choose between low-risk and high-risk card decks,what was found among patients who have experienced ventromedial brain damage (and therefore lower arousal)?

Which of the following does NOT play a role in how accessible certain schemas are?

What does current research suggest about the relationship between unconscious processes and decision-making?

Orit has knowledge of what her birthday party tonight is going to be like.She expects to receive presents,see her friends,and eat good food.What is the term for Orit's knowledge of the events that will happen at her birthday party?

Which of the following is NOT a likely source of the information contained in our schemas about events and groups of people?

The _____ is the idea that people experience certain bodily changes as emotions,and they come to associate those changes with positive or negative contexts,which helps guide their decision-making process.

What does current research suggest about the relationship between social cognition,emotion,and motivation?

Jose is tired after a long day.Now he has to decide what to eat for dinner.Research suggests that Jose will probably:

What happens when a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs?

A major challenge for individuals to make sense of the social world is the ____of information.

Tyrone typically listens to talk radio that supports his existing political beliefs.He is less inclined to listen to talk radio stations that may disprove his beliefs.This is an example of the:

_____ are mental links between concepts that one has experienced close together in space and time,while _____ are mental links between concepts having similar meaning.

A mental construct where people place things that are similar to each other is called a:

The Revealing Science of Social Psychology

Fundamentals of Social Behavior

Thinking About People and Events

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

Filters

_ are mental links between concepts that one has experienced close together in space and time,while _ are mental links between concepts having similar meaning.