Question 1

You believe that although you studied for a test, you will do poorly on it. As a consequence of this belief, you get low grades. This is an example of

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A)   self-confirming validity.
B)   a belief confirmation.
C)   self-fulfilling prophecy.
D)   behavioral perseverance.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Both you and your friend are late for a meeting. How would the attribution theory predict both your behavior and your friend's behavior?

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Question 3

Your immediate recognition of your friend's face or her voice on the phone is an example of

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A)   controlled processing.
B)   illusory correlation.
C)   automatic processing.
D)   attribution error.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Describe an example of how the actor-observer difference could play a role in racist beliefs.

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Question 5

Explain how misattribution can play a role in sexual harassment.

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Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of the explanations for why we study attribution errors?

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A)   to demonstrate that people should not always be blamed for their problems
B)   to provide insight into how we think about ourselves and others
C)   to provide insight into why it is acceptable to focus social psychological research on Western cultures
D)   to demonstrate that we are mostly unaware of our biasesE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 7

The cognitive rule that judges the likelihood of things in terms of their accessibility in memory is called the _____ heuristic.

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A)   availability
B)   representativeness
C)   vividness
D)   matchingE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 8

The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences on other people's behavior is called the

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A)   false consensus bias.
B)   misinformation effect.
C)   fundamental attribution error.
D)   dispositional bias.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

You have a tendency to assume someone is still a good friend even after a person acts otherwise. This tendency is known as the

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A)   belief perseverance phenomenon.
B)   belief continuity phenomenon.
C)   correspondence bias.
D)   belief disconfirmation bias.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

One reason people are overconfident is that they are not inclined to seek out information

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A)   from experts.
B)   that is objective and factual.
C)   that involves judging estimates and comparisons.
D)   that might disprove what they believe.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

After breaking up with your boyfriend, you imagine that you would still be with him if you had treated him more considerately. This is an example of

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A)   implicit thinking.
B)   explicit thinking.
C)   counterfactual thinking.
D)   the fundamental attribution error.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

When our expectations lead us to act in ways that induce others to confirm those expectations, _____ is at work.

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A)   illusory correlation
B)   confirmation bias
C)   behavioral confirmation
D)   illusion of controlE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Kelly just saw a news report about an airplane crash. She now believes that she is more likely to be in an airplane accident than an automobile accident. This is an example of the

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A)   representativeness heuristic.
B)   algorithm effect.
C)   availability heuristic.
D)   counterfactual thinking.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Assuming most crimes involve violence because the news generally reports on rapes, robberies, and beatings is an example of the _____ heuristic.

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A)   availability
B)   representativeness
C)   vividness
D)   matchingE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Which statement is the clearest example of an attribution?

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A)   I like milk chocolate candy bars.
B)   The rain caused the accident.
C)   Judith is a female.
D)   I think I am a good person.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Antonia Abbey and colleagues (1987, 1991, 2011)  found that _____ are more likely to attribute a _____ friendliness to sexual interest.

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A)   women; man's
B)   men; woman's
C)   both women and men; man's
D)   both women and men; woman'sE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

The process of judging something by intuitively comparing it to our mental representation of a category uses the _____ heuristic.

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A)   availability
B)   representativeness
C)   vividness
D)   matchingE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

When Bob turned in his assignment late, his boss believed it was because Bob is a lazy person. Bob's boss made a(n)

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A)   dispositional attribution.
B)   situational attribution.
C)   fundamental attribution.
D)   spontaneous attribution.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

After reading a newspaper article about teenagers who illegally download music from the Internet, you conclude that those who engage in such behavior are morally bankrupt. It never occurs to you that the reason teenagers download music from the Internet is because they are not able to afford the price of a compact disc, or the temptation to download, coupled with the peer pressure to do so, is often great. Your thinking on this matter can be characterized by the

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A)   false consensus bias.
B)   misinformation effect.
C)   fundamental attribution error.
D)   dispositional bias.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 20

The statistical tendency for extreme scores or behaviors to return toward average is called

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A)   the regression heuristic.
B)   regression toward the extreme.
C)   regression toward the average.
D)   reversion.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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