PSY 304 Test 1 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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PSY 304
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PSY 304
PSY 304 Test 1 Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Automatic thinking is ________ while controlled thinking is ________. -
involuntary; voluntary
Recall that Shelley Taylor and Susan Fiske (1975) conducted a clever
experiment in which a group of participants observed a scripted
conversat...
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 _____ -
✔✔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 - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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. -
✔✔defensive
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