Exam 4: Choices and Actions

Researchers offered people free popcorn at the movies. Some people were offered fresh popcorn, while others were offered stale popcorn. People ate more ____.

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 and says that she is excited to study with him. According to error management theory, it is likely that Sergej will view Georgia's enthusiasm as a sign that ____.

Among humans, greater freedom is associated with ____.

Maureen thinks that her abilities are fluid and capable of changing and developing over time. She decides to try to learn to garden. Her first year of planting is a complete failure--nearly every plant dies. She only harvests a few tomatoes. Given what you know about Maureen, what can you predict about her interest in gardening?

Of the following people, who is at greatest risk for suicide?

Even though she knows that most people take much longer than they anticipate in finishing their dissertations (sometimes even years longer), Tyra is certain that she will be able to conduct her dissertation research, write up her dissertation, and defend it to her dissertation committee, all within nine months. She is sure that if she works hard she will be able to successfully finish on schedule. Tyra appears to be ____.

Research indicates that people who believe that they are acting autonomously, based on intrinsic motivations, are ____ compared people who believe that their behavior is guided by external forces and extrinsic motivations.

Even though Mildred knows that her relationship with her boyfriend is in trouble, she decides not to do anything about it (i.e., she will simply let the relationship fall to pieces). Social psychologists would say that her decision to do nothing most reflects ____.

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

People tend to say that they would prefer to have $1000 today rather than $1200 two weeks from now-even though, logically, they would be better off with the $1200 in two weeks. The phenomena underlying this tendency is known as ____.

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

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

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

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

The term self-regulation essentially refers to ____.

Error management theory suggests that, when it comes to dating and mating members of the opposite sex, men will be more prone to ____ than women.

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

The acronym TOTE-which stands for "Test, Operate, Test, Exit"-is shorthand for the processes involved in ____.

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

Suppose that an annoying co-worker is always trying to get you involved in office athletic activities - bowling teams, softball teams, corporate Olympics, even fantasy football leagues and March Madness betting pools. Research on the panic button effect suggests that you would be less troubled by this person if ____.