General Psychology: Social Cognition, Quiz 11

Chukwudi believes that atheists cannot be trusted. As a result, he refuses to hire anyone who does not regularly attend church. Chukwudi's action is an example of __________.

Discrimination

Oscar would like to go to a movie without supervision. To try and get what he wants, he starts by asking his mom if he can go on a trip to the Rollercoaster Park with just his friends. When his mom says no, like he predicted, he goes on to ask if he can at least go to the movies by himself. Oscar's strategy in asking to go to the movies is an example of what persuasion trick?

Door-in-the-face

When a person lacks the skill to excel at a task and also lacks awareness that they are poor at this task, it can lead them to predict that they will perform well even though they cannot do so. This is the ________ explanation of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Double curse

Jason believes that all Asian people are good at math. What is this belief an example of?

A stereotype

The ________ heuristic is one in which the frequency or likelihood of an event is evaluated based on how easily examples come to mind.

Availability

Brandon does not believe he is prejudiced. However, he got very nervous when told he was randomly assigned to room with a man from Costa Rica for his first year in college. He plans to spend as little time as possible in his room because of this reason. Brandon is probably experiencing which of the following?

Aversive racism

While walking out of a convenience store, Nicholas openly mocks the clerk's accent to his friend. "EVERY convenience store I go into is owned by an Indian," he says. "Can't they do anything else?" Nicholas's open expression of his opinion and his lack of embarrassment suggests that this is a(n) ________ bias.

Blatant

Mike is a pretty poor bowler, but he always brags that he can beat anyone in his league. Christoff, however, is the league champion but he always thinks that his opponent will beat him. Mike's overestimation and Christoff's underestimation of their abilities demonstrates the ________ effect.

Dunning-Kruger

When she first gets into the swimming pool, Theresa takes a moment to think about her swimming ability. She feels confident in her skill and swims immediately to the deep end of the pool. Theresa's momentary assessment is an example of self-___________.

Evaluation

The Implicit Association Task (IAT) used in research, which records participants' reaction times to categorizing objects, is measuring what type of attitude?

Implicit attitude

Kari visited the doctor recently who told her she needed to start eating better or she is at risk for a heart attack within the next few years. Kari is very motivated to view herself in a positive light and doesn't like the news the doctor gave her. She wonders if the doctor's tests could have been inaccurate. Kari's uncertainty over her health results from the doctor is an example of what?

Motivated skepticism

Persuasion is most effective when individuals are:

Not feeling that their freedom to make a choice is threatened

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about affective forecasting?

People tend to be accurate with predicting whether event will result in positive or negative feelings but inaccurate regarding the strength or duration of these emotions

_____________ is an evaluation or emotion toward people merely based on their group membership.

Prejudice

Janie loves to play chess but she is only a beginner. The members of her chess club laugh when she suggests her opening moves are similar to those of Kasparov, one of the greatest players of all time. Janie's social comparison is really unusual, since there is no _________ to the figure to which she is comparing herself.

Similarity

Researchers pointed out to participants how gullible they were in being influenced by advertisements. As a result the participants were less affected by ads. What is technique effect called?

Stinging

The double curse explanation provides a rational for which of the following?

The Dunning-Kruger effect

Specific, sometimes minute, aspects of a situation that activate fixed action patterns are called __________ features.

Trigger

In perhaps the most famous study ever conducted in social psychology, approximately ______ of men studied were willing to administer a lethal shock of electricity to a helpless victim when they were ordered to do so by a person who appeared to be in a position of authority.

Two-thirds

The need for ___ refers to the desire to come to a decision that will resolve and conclude an issue

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