Exam 15: Section 1 : Behaviour and Cognition

Imagine that you hold simultaneous goals of getting a good night's sleep, doing well on a particular assignment, and attending a midnight release of a new movie. Because you are an excellent student, you decide to stay home and work all night on the assignment. Which of the following would be likely to follow from a goal-shielding perspective?

Which of the following is generally a successful strategy for making a positive impression, as long as one's motive is not transparently clear or the strategy is used excessively?

Which of the following is characterized by doing what is necessary to reach a goal, yielding greater calm and less agitation?

People who feel uncertain are more likely to do which of the following?

Which of the following mindsets is most likely to lead to an objective evaluation of several alternatives?

Focusing on the emotional component of an attitude would increase the attitude-behavior congruence if the behavior is __________.

If one hopes to control a negative impression, which of the following should you consider doing?

Which of the following best demonstrate confirmatory hypothesis testing?

Which of the following is responsible when an activated focal goal inhibits alternative goals' accessibility?

Which of the following areas of the brain is NOT implicated for simple automatic behavior but IS implicated when behavior must be guided by intentions, goals, and other internal states?

Under a prevention focus, which of the following is most likely to result from successful goal attainment?

To understand how people construct situations that meet personal goals, one must first divide the process into two stages, motivational and volitional. Which of the following is involved in the motivational stage?

Of the following researchers, which individual or pair endorses the most inclusive conceptualization of "social intelligence"?

If you wanted to maximize the amount you were able to accomplish in a given time, which of the following would be most likely to help you do so?

Which of the following types of attitudes are most likely to influence behavior?

Which of the following is an example of a contrast effect in response to a particular social group?

Imagine that your best friend believes you should always strive to look out for your own best interest, at any cost, but your spouse believes you should be a "team player" and prioritize your relationships with others over your own individual goals. Imagine you are in a situation where you can either help a colleague and share credit for the success, or point out your colleague's mistakes to your supervisor and potentially receive a promotion. If your best friend is present when you are making the decision - activating cognitive representations of your best friend - which of the following is likely to result?

Which of the following is NOT a factor leading to the Pygmalion effect?

What is the major underlying assumption for why cognitions form, according to the chapter?

Which of the following best describes what is meant by social intelligence?