Module 20 Flashcards
“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
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.
Representativeness
Mood-congruent memory is occurring in which of the following scenarios?
John is currently sad and can more easily recall a time when he got in trouble for a late assignment.
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about affective forecasting?
People tend to be accurate with predicting whether an event will result in positive or negative feelings but inaccurate regarding the strength or duration of these emotions.
People are usually motivated in some way when making social judgments and decisions. What often occurs as a result of having directional goals?
People may be skeptical about evidence that goes against their directional goal.
The ________ heuristic is one in which the frequency or likelihood of an event is evaluated based on how easily examples come to mind.
Availability
People naturally use mental “shortcuts” to simplify their social world. These shortcuts are known as:
Heuristics
The area of social psychological that focuses on how people think about others and about the social world is called social __________.
Cognition
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
The durability bias occurs when a person overestimates how long their feelings might last. This bias is a type of:
Affective forecasting
People naturally use mental “shortcuts” to simplify their social world. These shortcuts are known as:
Heuristics
Which of the following is a possible outcome when individuals’ implicit and explicit attitudes do not match?
They are unaware they hold an actual bias, such as a bias towards an ethnic minority.
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
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
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
