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PYC3701 Assignment 2 2017
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PYC3702 Assignment 2 2017
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1.
Sipho gets on an elevator in an office building, along with three others. All passengers face front, except a woman who continues to stand facing the back of the elevator all the way to the 21st floor. The most likely reason for Sipho’s discomfort for this is
Answer: The behavior is a contradiction of Sipho’s elevator – riding sheme
2.
The academic performance of certain students dramatically improved when teachers were led to believe that those students were intellectually gifted ,regardless of the true ability levels of the students. This result show the importance of
Answer: Schemas and self – fulfilling prophecies
3.
High levels of stress and multiple, competing demands for our attention and abilities can reduce our mental processing capacity. These situations can lead to
Answer: Information overload
4.
Heunstics exert a strong influence on our thinking because they
Answer: Reduce the mental effort needed to make judgment and decisions
5.
The frequency with which a given event or pattern occurs in the population is its
Answer: Base rate
6.
When making judgment that involve factual information , we tend to rely on
Answer: The amount of relevant information we can recall
7.
The relatively effortful and conscious processing of social information is known as
Answer: Controlled processing
8.
Thandi and Ntombi are members of a girls’ basketball team who are responsible for helping to organize fundraising efforts from their team. Thandi is extremely motivated to complete this task , in contrast , Ntombi only shows a mild interest in completing the required task. Which one of the following statements best summarises the likelihood that Thandi and Ntombi will complete their task
Answer: Thandi’s motivation will likely cause her to predict that she will finish her task quickly , however , this will have no effect on whether she actually completes her task quiker than Ntombi
9.
When people engage in thought suppression , two processes are involved. The operating process involves
Answer: Deliberate and effortful attempts to distract oneself with other thoughts or activities
10.
Nandi is in a fairly good mood consequently , we should expect her to show a (n)….. in her use of ……
Answer: Increase , heuristics
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