psych 19 ecampus quiz
Which of the following is an example of the planning fallacy?
Gerard believes he can complete a term paper within a one-week time frame. He is surprised when he cannot complete the project as quickly as he anticipated.
How is it that schemas help people save time as they have new experiences or encounter new people or objects on a daily basis?
We compare new experiences to previously stored schemas and this allows us to put forth less effort to assess those new encounters
The ________ heuristic is one in which the frequency or likelihood of an event is evaluated based on how easily examples come to mind.
availability
Randy has joined a new social club on campus. Is it likely that Randy will
form the impressions he makes of these club members after only one meeting
People naturally use mental "shortcuts" to simplify their social world. These shortcuts are known as:
heuristics
Sasha is taking her family to Disney World. She predicts that she will feel immense happiness seeing her young daughter, Emerald, meet all the princesses at the theme park. However, when her daughter Emerald meets the first princess, Sasha does not feel as happy as she thought she would. Sasha's experience is an example of what concept?
impact bias
The durability bias occurs when a person overestimates how long their feelings might last. This bias is a type of:
affective forecasting
"Oh I know that I'll just be sad forever," Monique cries, after her first boyfriend broke up with her. "I'm never going to love again. My life is RUINED!" Given that she is unlikely to be sad forever, Monique is demonstrating the __________ bias.
durability
Which of the following is an implicit attitude task: the task presents images of faces of men and women and then measures the time it takes the research participant to label the photo as good or bad?
evaluative priming task
Calvin is interested in measuring his school's willingness to do volunteer work around the community. He sends out a self-report survey that asks students to directly fill out their _________ attitudes on the topic.
explicit
