Exam 4: Choices and Actions: the Self in Control

If Ayesha believes that intelligence is something that you are 'just born with', then it would be correct to say that she has an entity theory of intelligence.

Dr Randall is conducting an experiment with young children.He tells each child that they have a choice to make: They can have a biscuit right now, OR they can wait ten minutes and get two biscuits.Dr.Randall appears to be measuring ____.

MOST people show a tendency ____ when making decisions that require tradeoffs.

Mpho has applied for a very competitive post-graduate course.She knows that a staff committee meets for several days to make decisions about who to admit.Based on research, the staff committee will be making their best decisions ____.

Monitoring is one of the key components of self-regulation.

The tendency for people to place greater weight on the present over the future in decision-making is known as ________________.

Suppose that you are out on a date.Although your date is somewhat entertaining, you keep having intrusive thoughts about the paper that you need to finish writing when you get home.These thoughts are evidence of the ____.

Participants in a study of decision making considered two different ways of resolving a dispute with a neighbour.In one solution, the participant received R600 and the neighbour received R800.In the other solution, the participant and the neighbour each got R500.When participants compared the two possible solutions, which option did they prefer?

Freud's notion that most people have a 'death wish' that impels them to pursue their own downfall and death ____.

According to error management theory, when it comes to making decisions about dating members of the opposite sex, men will be relatively more prone to ____, while women will be relatively more prone to ____.

Cheryl doesn't use online automated bill payment because she wants to have control over when she pays her bills.Even when she has enough money in her account to pay her bills, though, Cheryl still spends her weekend afternoons watching television rather than paying her bills.This is consistent with the idea of ____.

Research on decision-making indicates that there are two main steps in making choices.They are ____.

Among humans, greater freedom is associated with ____.

Research on suicide notes shows that when people leave notes, the notes tend to ____.

According to self-determination theory, people who act based on ____ are freer than others.

People who have suicidal tendencies tend to be ____.

Even though she is not in desperate need of boots, Zanele says that she would rather buy a pair of boots today (for R1 000) rather than wait two weeks, when they will be on sale for half the price.Zanele's decision most likely involves ____.

What does research suggest about the mindset of people who are suicidal? In particular, where do suicidal people stand in terms of their self-awareness, their level of emotionality, and the levels of meaning at which they are thinking?

What theme(s) best explain decision avoidance?

People would make better decisions if they would focus more on the quantitative aspects than the qualitative aspects of the decision.