PSY 304 Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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PSY 304
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PSY 304 Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Automatic thinking is ________ while controlled thinking is ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER- involuntary; voluntary
Recall that Shelley Taylor and Susan Fiske (1975) conducted a clever experiment in which a
group of participants ob...
PSY 304 Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Automatic thinking is ________ while controlled thinking is ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔involuntary; voluntary
Recall that Shelley Taylor and Susan Fiske (1975) conducted a clever experiment in which a
group of participants observed a scripted conversation between two male confederates. Some
could see both of the men; others could see the face of only one or the other man. When
asked questions about the two confederates (e.g., who had taken the lead in the conversation),
participants who had a clear view of both men thought they were equally influential, whereas
those who faced one or the other thought that the man whose face they saw was more
influential. These results demonstrated that: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the salience of
perceptual stimuli can explain how the fundamental attribution error occurs.
One of Kurt Lewin's boldest intellectual contributions to social psychology was: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔applying Gestalt principles to social perception.
Social psychologists have identified two motives that are of primary importance in explaining
our thoughts and behaviors. According to your textbook authors, these are the need to _____
and the need to _____ - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔be as accurate as possible; feel good
about ourselves.
Isabella goes to a fortune teller who tells her, "You are the type of person who is very
outgoing and sociable, yet at times you enjoy being alone." Isabella thinks this captures her
personality amazingly well, because she finds many instances in her memories of such
behaviors. Isabella has just fallen prey to the - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Barnum effect
Larry is a physician and is convinced that his patient, Mr. Mraz, has cancer. However, after
several diagnostic tests and a biopsy that came back negative, Larry rethinks his original
diagnosis. He admits that he was wrong and does more research to find the correct diagnosis.
In this case, which basic motive did Larry give into? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the need
for accuracy
Because the knowledge that we are mortal and that bad things can happen to us is very
difficult to accept, we often make _____ attributions. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔defensive
, Your friend Liz believes that if you work hard and treat other people well, things in your life
will work out better. Liz seems to have - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a belief in a just world
Belief in a just world is best characterized as a form of - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔defensive attribution
When people make internal attributions for their successes and external attributions for their
failures in order to protect their self-esteem, they are making - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔self-serving attributions
Our use of mental shortcuts - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔usually leads to good decisions in a
reasonable amount of time.
Althea doesn't talk much on her first date with Sean. Sean assumes that's because she's shy.
She's not at all shy. Althea is quiet because she's recently had a root canal, and it still hurts to
move her mouth. This example best illustrates that differential _____ can be a source of
actor-observer differences in attributions. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔availability of
information
When Frederic Bartlett (1932) interviewed both a Scotsman and a Bantu herdsman about the
particulars of a cattle transaction, the Scot _____,whereas the Bantu herdsman _____ -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔consulted his notes; recalled details from memory.
Why might taking a statistics course help you become more complex and accurate in your
social judgments? Such a course teaches the skills needed by a(n) - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔scientist
Your social psychology professor delivers animated, entertaining, and sometimes humorous
lectures. She moves and gestures to emphasize her points, and happily engages students in
discussion. You have concluded that she must be an extravert. You have just form a(n): -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔implicit personality theory
The ________ heuristic refers to the mental shortcut whereby people classify a person or
thing based on how similar it appears to be to the typical case. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔representativeness
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