Exam 3: Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind

Researchers had male students speak by telephone with women they thought were either attractive or unattractive. When the researchers later analyzed the women's comments, they found that the

Murray and his colleagues (2003) found that, among married couples, the self-fulfilling prophecy occurred when one person interpreted slight hurts as rejections. The person who felt rejected was then motivated to

Although you once earned a 100 on your physics exam, you have subsequently been unable to earn a perfect score again. Your experience may be understood in terms of

After 9/11, many people abandoned air travel most likely because of the

We tend to underestimate the situational determinants of others' behavior but not our own because we perceive others in a different manner than our own selves. This is known as the

Incorporating inaccurate information into one's memory of an event, after witnessing the event and receiving misleading information about it is called

While waiting to cross the street, you witness a man running a red light-causing a three-car accident. Just after it happens, the man who ran the stoplight gets out of the car to talk to you. He tells you that the light was yellow. Later you tell police that you remembered the light being yellow, not red, when the man went through the intersection. This scenario illustrates

While sitting at a red light on her way to work, Amber fumes, "Why is it every time I'm late for work I get stuck at these red lights?" Amber most clearly holds a(n)

Which of the following best explains why Olympic bronze medalists express more happiness than silver medalists?

Amy, a B student, got a 100% on her first psychology test. According to the regression toward the average phenomenon, what grade should Amy expect on her second test?

Which of the following strategies might be helpful in reducing the overconfidence bias?

Once during a hospital stay, you observed a man and a woman (both in health professional attire) talking. You assumed that the man was a physician and that the woman was a nurse. Later, you found out the opposite was true. What type of heuristic did you use during your initial reaction to the two individuals?

The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's beliefs is called the

In the context of political perceptions, people everywhere perceive mediators and the media as

Those who make situational attributions regarding poverty and unemployment tend to adopt political positions that

Your best friend is a master chess player and has won numerous awards. When you play chess with her, you notice that she seems to be aware of strategies almost immediately after your move. Her awareness of these strategies reflects what type of thinking?

Which of the following statements regarding overconfidence is true?

Those who make dispositional attributions regarding poverty and unemployment tend to adopt political positions that

In a study conducted by Lassiter and his colleagues (2005), participants observed a suspect confessing during a police interview. The results indicated that participants were more likely to perceive the confession as coerced when they viewed the confession

Despite reading numerous research studies that report the association of fast food consumption with heart disease and diabetes, Rachel continues to eat fast food and thinks that it is harmless. Rachel's thinking is an example of