Exam 4: Choices and Actions: The Self in Control

Suppose that Sergej has just asked Georgia whether she would like to study with him for an upcoming English exam. Georgia is struggling in the class, and she knows that Sergej is an excellent English student, so she enthusiastically agrees. Meanwhile, Sergej interprets her enthusiasm as a sign that she might have a crush on him, and he therefore suggests that the two of them grab a bite to eat together before studying; "Georgia is very attractive," he thinks to himself, "so why not?" Georgia, meanwhile, who is completely clueless about what is on Sergej's mind, muses to herself, "well, that is so nice of him to think that I might be hungry; what a nice study partner!" The fact that Sergej and Georgia interpret things so differently here is most consistent with ____.

According to the text, one key reason that people engage in self-defeating behaviors is because of ____.

Researchers gave people free popcorn at the movies. Some people got fresh popcorn and others got stale popcorn. People rated the fresh popcorn as more pleasant than the stale popcorn ____.

The purpose of goal shielding is to ____.

Suicide is commonly thought to involve a trade-off between death, which people think will bring _____, and future life, which _____.

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

Suicide often ____.

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 ____.

When people are setting goals, the core question is, ____. When people are pursuing goals, the core question is, ____.

Because attending college involves the ability to make immediate sacrifices for later rewards, it is sometimes thought of as a very long exercise in ____.

Research suggests that goals are MOST helpful in facilitating achievement when they are ____.

The idea that many people have a(n) "____________________," and therefore sabotage their careers, has received no empirical support.

Personal projects, or personal strivings, are also known as ____.

Based on the information about suicide in the text, which of the following statements would be most likely to appear in a suicide note?

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

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?

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 ____.

According to ____ theory, when it comes to dating and mating members of the opposite sex, men will take advantage of every opportunity to pass along their genes.

Research on the planning fallacy indicates that we tend to ____ when making predictions about ourselves and we tend to ____ when making predictions about other people.

An old advertisement for Dove ice cream bars touted the bars as "sinfully" delicious-so delicious that they should be banned or forbidden. The advertisement, which sought to make the bars seem as attractive to people as possible, was apparently playing on ____.