Question 1

The fundamental attribution error involves the tendency to

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A)  overestimate situational causes of behaviour.
B)  underestimate dispositional causes of behaviour.
C)  underestimate situational causes of behaviour.
D)  discount dispositional causes of behaviour.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 2

According to the textbook,behaviours attributed to the environment are

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A)  dispositional.
B)  fundamental attribution errors.
C)  situational.
D)  common-sensical.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

During a concert,Alia announces "I'm bored," and leaves the concert.Rick thinks this type of music bores Alia,while Ernie thinks Alia gets bored easily.Which of the following statements is most true?

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A)  Rick is making an internal attribution.
B)  Ernie is making an internal attribution.
C)  Ernie is making an external attribution.
D)  Rick is making a dispositional attribution.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

You notice that Devon,a classmate,has failed a quiz.You may commit the fundamental attribution error if you conclude that

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A)  Devon is a lazy student who probably did not study.
B)  the quiz was unusually difficult for all who took it.
C)  Devon probably had to work late the night before the quiz.
D)  you would probably have failed if you had taken it.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

According to the textbook,the reason why ambiguous information in politics,religion,and science often fuels conflict is because

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A)  it makes unclear statements
B)  it reinforces pre-debate opinions.
C)  it brings forth new information.
D)  it says nothing new.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT correct about counterfactual thinking?

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A)  Olympic bronze medalists exhibit more joy than Olympic silver medalists.
B)  Counterfactual thinking is more intense the more significant the event.
C)  Counterfactual thinking occurs when we can easily picture an alternative outcome.
D)  The B+ student who misses an A- by a point feels good for being in a "plus" grade instead of being in a "minus" grade.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

After two years of intense publications (four per year) ,Ela's research productivity drops to one published paper per year.What term best explains Ela's fewer publications after two years of intense productivity?

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A)  overconfidence bias
B)  base-rate fallacy
C)  regression toward the average
D)  schemataE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

When we behave badly we are more likely to attribute our behaviour to

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A)  bad luck.
B)  internal factors.
C)  situational factors.
D)  social norms.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Following political debates,individuals typically

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A)  become more moderate in their view of their preferred candidate.
B)  become even more supportive of their candidate than they were before the debate.
C)  become somewhat more favourable toward the opposing candidate.
D)  come to dislike both candidates.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Lynn thinks Chris is flirtatious because he is nice to all of his women colleagues.Chris is just a 'nice guy' in general.Lynn is making a situational attribution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

People are strikingly overconfident when judging whether someone is telling the truth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to the textbook

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A)  we construct reality.
B)  there is a reality out there but our minds actively construe it.
C)  we respond only to reality.
D)  reality is a social construction.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Gus is in a terrific mood on the day he goes to look for a new car.He instantly decides to buy the second car he test drives.If Gus had been in a bad mood,what type of decision might he have made about a car purchase?

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A)  He would not have gone car shopping at all.
B)  He would have bought the first car he test drove.
C)  He would have taken more time to make a decision.
D)  There would have been no difference in his decision.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

Counterfactual thinking occurs when we can easily picture an alternative outcome of an event and underlies our

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A)  prediction of future.
B)  feelings of luck.
C)  estimation of probability.
D)  calculation of the event happened in the past.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

People from _____________ are more sensitive to the relevance of past information for understanding present events than people from _____________.

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A)  Japan; China
B)  China; Japan
C)  Canada; Great Britain
D)  China; CanadaE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Jennifer instantly begins to cry when she hears that her mother needs to have hip surgery.This is an example of controlled processing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following statements is NOT a reason why psychologists study attribution errors?

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A)  To increases awareness of our biases
B)  To help people see that they should not always be blamed for their problems
C)  To help us eradicate such errors from our thinking
D)  To reveal how we think about ourselves and othersE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 18

The tendency to conclude that a person who likes to play chess and read poetry is more likely to be a college professor of classics than a truck driver most clearly illustrates the use of

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A)  the availability heuristic.
B)  the representativeness heuristic.
C)  belief perseverance.
D)  the illusion of control.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Attributional theorists have found that when explaining someone's behaviour,we underestimate _____________ and overestimate the extent to which it reflects ______________.

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A)  the impact of the situation; the individual's traits and attitudes
B)  others' impact on our behaviour; our own behaviour
C)  the individual's traits and attitudes; the impact of the situation
D)  other's impact on our behaviour; the impact of the situationE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

What phenomenon helps to explain why,in one national survey,23 percent of American women said they had been forced into unwanted sexual behaviour,but only 3 percent of American men said they had ever forced a woman into a sexual act?

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A)  self-serving bias
B)  misattribution
C)  self-fulfilling prophecy
D)  spontaneous trait inferenceE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Exam 3: Social Beliefs and Judgments

The fundamental attribution error involves the tendency to

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You notice that Devon,a classmate,has failed a quiz.You may commit the fundamental attribution error if you conclude that

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People are strikingly overconfident when judging whether someone is telling the truth.

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According to the textbook,the reason why ambiguous information in politics,religion,and science often fuels conflict is because

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After two years of intense publications (four per year) ,Ela's research productivity drops to one published paper per year.What term best explains Ela's fewer publications after two years of intense productivity?

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Attributional theorists have found that when explaining someone's behaviour,we underestimate _____________ and overestimate the extent to which it reflects ______________.

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Lynn thinks Chris is flirtatious because he is nice to all of his women colleagues.Chris is just a 'nice guy' in general.Lynn is making a situational attribution.

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What phenomenon helps to explain why,in one national survey,23 percent of American women said they had been forced into unwanted sexual behaviour,but only 3 percent of American men said they had ever forced a woman into a sexual act?

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Following political debates,individuals typically

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During a concert,Alia announces "I'm bored," and leaves the concert.Rick thinks this type of music bores Alia,while Ernie thinks Alia gets bored easily.Which of the following statements is most true?

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When we behave badly we are more likely to attribute our behaviour to

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Which of the following is NOT correct about counterfactual thinking?

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Counterfactual thinking occurs when we can easily picture an alternative outcome of an event and underlies our

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Gus is in a terrific mood on the day he goes to look for a new car.He instantly decides to buy the second car he test drives.If Gus had been in a bad mood,what type of decision might he have made about a car purchase?

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Jennifer instantly begins to cry when she hears that her mother needs to have hip surgery.This is an example of controlled processing.

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According to the textbook,behaviours attributed to the environment are

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Which of the following statements is NOT a reason why psychologists study attribution errors?

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The tendency to conclude that a person who likes to play chess and read poetry is more likely to be a college professor of classics than a truck driver most clearly illustrates the use of

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People from _____________ are more sensitive to the relevance of past information for understanding present events than people from _____________.

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According to the textbook

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