module 20 quiz
a.
"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. a. durability b. affective forecasting c. impact d. halo
d.
How is it that schemas help people save time as they have new experiences or encounter new people or objects on a daily basis? a. Schemas allow us to immediately determine whether a new event is or is not significant in our lives. b. The use of schemas allow us to bypass memory processes as we have new experiences each day. c. Schemas are the same as our episodic memories, so they are only useful when we're having a repeated experience. d. We compare new experiences to previously stored schemas and this allows us to put forth less effort to assess those new encounters.
c.
Javari is teaching a psychology class and tells his students, "Kenna is 31, single, outspoken, and bright. She majored in philosophy in college. As a student, Kenna was deeply concerned with discrimination and other social issues." When Javari asked his class if it was more likely that Kenna was A) a bank teller or B) a bank teller AND a feminist, most people in his class chose option B. Javari explained that their answer was incorrect because their _____________ heuristic led them astray. a. fluency b. availability c. representativeness d. shortcut
b.
Mood-congruent memory is occurring in which of the following scenarios? a. Jasmine is feeling anxious but is having a difficult time recalling how nervous she was to give a public speech. b. John is currently sad and can more easily recall a time when he got in trouble for a late assignment. c. The sunny day is making Jaden happy, helping him to recall what he ate for breakfast this morning when he was in a hurry. d. Yesterday Janis was remembering all the hardships she's been through in her life but today she felt happy after getting engaged
b.
People naturally use mental "shortcuts" to simplify their social world. These shortcuts are known as: a. impact bias b. heuristics c. attitudes d. priming
a.
The ________ heuristic is one in which the frequency or likelihood of an event is evaluated based on how easily examples come to mind. a. availability b. representativeness c. means-end d. mental set
c.
The area of social psychological that focuses on how people think about others and about the social world is called social __________. a. influence b. affect c. cognition d. facilitation
c.
The durability bias occurs when a person overestimates how long their feelings might last. This bias is a type of: a. schema b. availability heuristic c. affective forecasting d. directional goal
a.
Which of the following is a possible outcome when individuals' implicit and explicit attitudes do not match? a. They are unaware they hold an actual bias, such as a bias towards an ethnic minority. b. They are quicker at evaluating or categorizing attitude objects. c. Their direct, self-reports will best predict behavior such as their choice to purchase designer jeans. d. They will show resistance when being primed about a topic.
d.
Which of the following is an example of the planning fallacy? a. Corrine finished a group project and during peer evaluations stated that she did most of the work and deserves the highest grade. She is surprised when her group members do not agree. b. Herald is graduating next week and believes the happiness he will feel will last for the next year. Herald is surprised when his happiness returns to normal level only a day after graduation. c. Faith is shopping at a hardware store and asks for help. The sales clerk suggests several tools that, if used correctly, will shorten her project time by two hours. d. 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.
