Exam 7: Section 1 : Heuristics and Shortcuts: Efficiency in Inference and Decision Making

Which of the following is an incorrect statement about heuristics, the shortcuts that people use for judgments under uncertainty to reduce complex problem solving to simpler judgmental operations?

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Question 21

If a commercial advertises a prescription drug by emphasizing the possible benefit of this drug rather than the numerous side-effects of its use, which of the following would best describe the effect that the advertisers are utilizing?

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Question 22

Which of the following is the best example of a manifold heuristic?

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Question 23

Which of the following describes an advantage of counterfactual thoughts?

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Question 24

If someone says "You're sure to get into a top law school; you were ranked first in our class in college!", what mistake has this person made?

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Question 25

Which of the following best explains the results of the Asian disease problem that was presented in this chapter?

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Question 26

Which of the following describes the type of illusory correlation that results from seeing two items as belonging together because they fit prior experiences?

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Question 27

According to the literature, which of the following is likely to be a result of imagining a hypothetical future event?

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Question 28

Which of the following NOT required to assess covariation?

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Question 29

Which of the following most accurately how people tend to test hypotheses about a relationship between variables?

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Which of the following is an incorrect statement about heuristics, the shortcuts that people use for judgments under uncertainty to reduce complex problem solving to simpler judgmental operations?

If a commercial advertises a prescription drug by emphasizing the possible benefit of this drug rather than the numerous side-effects of its use, which of the following would best describe the effect that the advertisers are utilizing?

Which of the following is the best example of a manifold heuristic?

Which of the following describes an advantage of counterfactual thoughts?

If someone says "You're sure to get into a top law school; you were ranked first in our class in college!", what mistake has this person made?

Which of the following best explains the results of the Asian disease problem that was presented in this chapter?

Which of the following describes the type of illusory correlation that results from seeing two items as belonging together because they fit prior experiences?

According to the literature, which of the following is likely to be a result of imagining a hypothetical future event?

Which of the following NOT required to assess covariation?

Which of the following most accurately how people tend to test hypotheses about a relationship between variables?

Section 1 : Introduction

Section 2: Introduction

Section 1 : Dual Modes in Social Cognition

Section 2: Dual Modes in Social Cognition

Section 1 : Attention and Encoding

Section 2: Attention and Encoding

Section 1 : Representation in Memory

Section 2: Representation in Memory

Section 1 : Self in Social Cognition

Section 2: Self in Social Cognition

Section 1 : Attribution Processes

Section 2: Attribution Processes

Section 2: Heuristics and Shortcuts: Efficiency in Inference and Decision Making

Section 1 : Accuracy and Efficiency in Social Interference

Section 2: Accuracy and Efficiency in Social Interference

Section 1 : Cognitive Structures of Attitudes

Section 2: Cognitive Structures of Attitudes

Section 1 : Cognitive Processing of Attitudes

Section 2: Cognitive Processing of Attitudes

Section 1 : Stereotyping: Cognition and Bias

Section 2: Stereotyping: Cognition and Bias

Section 1 : Prejudice: Interplay of Cognitive and Affective Biases

Section 2: Prejudice: Interplay of Cognitive and Affective Biases

Section 1 : From Social Cognition to Affect

Section 2: From Social Cognition to Affect

Section 1 : From Affect to Social Cognition

Section 2: From Affect to Social Cognition

Section 1 : Behaviour and Cognition

Section 2: Behaviour and Cognition

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