Exam 2: Conformity

Heath and her colleagues asked a group of physicians to imagine themselves being exposed to the AIDS virus while working. A similar group of physicians received no such instruction. Heath's major result was that, compared to physicians who had not imagined exposure to AIDS, those who had imagined being exposed were more likely to:

Research on social cognition indicates that human memory:

Suppose you notice that Fred becomes very embarrassed when the subject of knives comes up. In fact, he is the only person you have ever seen react in this way when you talk about knives, and he has never before expressed any concern about knives. According to Kelley, Fred's behavior is very high in:

The belief that we are more objective and less biased than most other people is called:

Julie sees a stranger do poorly on a test. She automatically assumes that the stranger is stupid. She has committed an error best thought of as:

The size of an animal's neocortex is associated with:

We are LEAST likely to use heuristics:

In an experiment, male college students were asked to evaluate a potential blind date before or after watching a television show that featured three glamorous actresses. Compared to subjects who rated a blind date before watching the show, those who gave their ratings after the show:

If you were a young woman and were about to go out with a man on a blind date, you should hope that he has just been watching a movie that starred:

Suppose you are ready to buy your textbooks for your first semester in college. You are unsure as to how much these books will cost, and when your bill is rung up at the register, the total is $200. According to the context effect, you will more likely think that the books are a bargain if the person ahead of you in line:

The Dartmouth-Princeton football game study found that:

Which of the following is NOT a central social motive as described by Aronson?

Elizabeth, a literature major, believes that the author James Joyce was the most brilliant writer since Shakespeare. A friend asks her if Joyce had positive attitudes about women or whether he was very sexist. Elizabeth has no knowledge whatsoever about Joyce's private life. Based on the halo effect, which of the following responses would Elizabeth be likely to give?

The area of study of how people come to believe what they do; how they explain, remember, predict, make decisions, and evaluate themselves and others; and why these processes are so frequently produce errors is called:

Jill is in the market to buy a used car. She visits a car lot and tells the salesperson she is looking for something under $4,000. The salesperson first shows her a car that has very high mileage and a dented fender and that needs a new clutch. The asking price is $3,700. Shocked, Jill wonders, "Who on earth would pay that much for this piece of junk?" The salesperson then shows her a much nicer car-in fact, one that she thinks would suit her needs perfectly. Jill really needs to get a car as soon as possible, so she decides to buy it right then and there-even though it costs $4,800. Jill's decision has been influenced by:

The confirmation bias refers to the human tendency:

Under which of the following conditions are we LEAST likely to use heuristics in making decisions about social events?

We have a two-step process of processing information: a quick initial interpretation of the situation and then a more careful deliberate consideration of the collected information. Which step is more open to possible errors due to fatigue or distraction?

Sloman and Fernbach argue that we "think in groups" rather than as rational individuals. This idea is consistent with the concept of _______ presented by Aronson.

One of the most common ways of categorizing people is to divide the world up into two groups: the in-group (one's own group) and the out-group. This tendency leads to: