Exam 4: Behavior Control: the Self in Action

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 ____.

People who are suicidal tend to be especially low in self-awareness.

One of the common consequences of reactance is ____.

Movies with "R" ratings tend to be more appealing to children and teens than similar movies with "G" or "PG" ratings. This finding is good evidence of ____.

Closing one's eyes, so one does not need to look at a desired (but forbidden)object, is a good way to increase one's ____.

What is self-regulation, and what are its three key components? What types of factors interfere with effective self-regulation?

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

The so-called panic button effect refers to the tendency for people ____.

Research on habits shows that if you want to break a habit it helps to ____.

When asked whether they have any current goals or personal projects, only about 50% of people indicate that they do; other people are unable to identify any current goals that they have.

Someone with a(n)________________ theory of intelligence believes that you can become smarter if you work hard, study, and apply yourself.

Research on habits show that ____.

The so-called Zeigarnik effect refers to the tendency for people to be over ambitious when setting goals.

Suicide often ____.

Research suggests that dieters are most successful in losing weight ____.

One advantage of being an incremental theorist rather than an entity theorist is that ____.

Perhaps the most widely recognized and important factor that interferes with successful monitoring (and thereby undermines successful self-regulation)is ____.

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

People who practice willpower "exercises" find that they ____.

Some research suggests that when parents are extremely strict, their children become especially tempted to engage in deviant behaviors. For example, when parents forbid their teen children from going to parties, the teens report being even more attracted to parties and even more interested in attending. These findings are most consistent with ____.