PYC3701
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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, ASSIGNMENT 1
1. The process during which we interpret, analyse, remember, and use information
about the social world is known as - - - - -.
1. encoding
2. automatic processing
3. social cognition
4. schemas
Alternative 3 is correct. The process during which we interpret, analyze, remember, and
use information about the social world is known as social cognition
(See chapter 2 in the textbook on page 55 for more information).
2. One way to manage information overload is to make use of - - - - -.
1. mental shortcuts such as heuristics
2. the anchoring and adjustment stratagem
3. automatic priming
4. the complexity schema
Alternative 1 is correct. One way to manage information overload is to make use of
mental shortcuts such as heuristics
(See chapter 2 in the textbook on page 58 for more information).
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