Module 3 Quiz Flashcards
Your friend Iris is a UBC student who grew up in Texas. She always imagined that she would return to her home in Texas after graduating. But recently, she’s beginning to consider staying in Canada. She’s noticed that she goes back to Texas for as little time as possible during summer vacation, and that she breaks out into an uncontrollable smile when she lands back in Vancouver. Which of the following theories/research should you tell Iris about to help her decide if she really wants to stay in Canada?
a. Bem’s self-perception theory
b. Nisbett & Wilson’s pantyhose study
c. Pennebaker’s research on expressive writing
d. Rosenthal’s research on self-fulfilling prophecies
a. Bem’s self-perception theory
Imagine that 4 students took an exam in a psychology course this week, and immediately afterward, each of them tried to estimate their own score on the exam. The professor just graded the exams. Ava got a 90, Becca got an 81, Callie got a 72, and Dena got a 59. Based on this week’s module, who do you think overestimated their own score the MOST?
a. Ava
b. Becca
c. Callie
d. Dena
e. Both Ava and Dena
d. Dena
Dr. Dunn suggested that some groups may have answered the MOP question wrong during our first Active Learning Session because they relied on a common heuristic. Which of the following studies or examples illustrates the same type of heuristic?
a. The study in which people recalled 6 or 12 times they behaved assertively.
b. The study in which German judges read about a shoplifting case.
c. The study in which men were approached by a female experimenter on a stable or shaky bridge.
d. The study in which people judged whether personality descriptions belonged to engineers or lawyers.
e. The study in which Cornell students were asked to send both a sarcastic email and a non-sarcastic email (Study 1 in the Krueger et al reading).
a. The study in which people recalled 6 or 12 times they behaved assertively.
Billy is a child actor who plays a very mischievous character on a popular TV show. Billy just started middle school, and the teachers there have been treating him like he is mischievous, even though he’s actually a pretty average kid. What study or example is most relevant for understanding Billy’s teachers’ unfair assumption about him?
a. Ekman & Friesen’s study in which participants in the US, Brazil Chile, and other countries were asked to match emotional faces with stories
b. Tracy & Matsumoto’s study examining the expressions displayed by blind and sighted athletes following victories
c. Ambady & Rosenthal’s study in which undergraduates watched very brief, silent videoclips of teachers
d. Gilbert et al.’s study in which participants saw a woman behave nervously while she discussed various topics
e. Kruger et al.’s Study 1 in which Cornell students were asked to send both a sarcastic email and a non-sarcastic email
d. Gilbert et al.’s study in which participants saw a woman behave nervously while she discussed various topics
Josh and Kyla are friends who are taking a math class together, and they invite several other classmates whom they just met to form a study group for the upcoming midterm. In class today, the professor warned them that the midterm will be very difficult. Josh sends a sarcastic text message to the whole study group afterward, saying “I’m sure this exam will be easy as pie.” Based on their research on email, Kruger and colleagues would probably make which of the following predictions:
a. Josh will overestimate his own ability to convey his sarcasm via text.
b. Compared to the other members of the study group, Kyla would be better at detecting Josh’s sarcasm.
c. If Josh added a winky-face emoji to his text, then his study group would be better at detecting his sarcasm.
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above
a. Josh will overestimate his own ability to convey his sarcasm via text.
