Exam 4: Choices and Actions: the Self in Control

The status quo bias is different from the omission bias in that the former is about making decisions that ____, while the latter is about making decisions that ____.

The so-called 'fear of success' theory - the idea that many people fear being too successful at work in case they turn off potential romantic partners - ____.

The so-called 'certainty effect' in decision-making refers to tendency for people to give greater weight to ____ than to ____.

Research suggests that when athletes who are preparing for a big game visualise themselves training really hard for the game, they ____; when they visualise themselves actually winning the game, they ____.

Social psychologists use the term ____ to self's capacity to alter its own responses.

According to MOST theories in social psychology, self-defeating behaviour is ____.

The 'positive illusions' that characterise most thinking are typically set aside when people set goals for themselves.

The so-called 'status quo bias' in decision-making refers to the tendency for people to ____.

Carefully controlled research testing the idea that many people have a 'fear of success' and therefore sabotage their careers, has shown that ____.

When a person starts working toward one goal and the mind automatically shuts off other goals from consciousness ____ is said to have occurred.

Who is most likely to experience goal shielding?

As discussed in the text, suicide typically starts with some discrepancy between ____.

Njabulo provided richly for his family for many years.As he ages, he develops a degenerative illness that threatens the family finances.As an act of kindness to protect them and their financial stability, Njabulo most likely commits suicide to ____.

Both parts of the duplex mind play a role in navigating through a hierarchy of goals.The automatic system helps to ____, while the conscious system ____.

Research on habits show that ____.

The idea that at least some of our activities must be motivated by their inner drives and choices, rather than by external factors, reflects ____.

What is temporal discounting?

When you are deciding between two flats to rent, assuming you can afford both of them and they are both adequate for your needs, what feature should you pay most attention to if you want to maximise your satisfaction with the apartment a year after you have moved in?

Suicide often ____.

When human animals rely on meaning to make their choices, they are able to look at meaning ____.