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Questions
1. Which of the following social cognition pioneers were most directly influenced by Gestalt psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt and Hermann Ebbinghaus
Edward L. Thorndike and B. F. Skinner
Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler
Solomon Asch and Kurt Lewin
2. Which of the following is more likely to occur during simulations?
Mental addition
Mental subtraction
Mental multiplication
The reduction of the perceived likelihood of a potential outcome
3. Which of the following is a normative model for how decisions should proceed in the presence of base-rate information?
Prospect theory
Bayes' theorem
The discounted utility model
Counterfactual reasoning
4. Volition involves the consideration of when and how to act. When engaging in volition, one is engaging the:
Implementational mindset.
Deliberative mindset.
All of the above
None of the above
5. One's self-regulation varies based on:
The working self-concept
The situation
Social projection
Both A and B
6. Define a sociometer:
How one selectively chooses the domains on which they base their self-esteem
A general indicator of how one is doing in the eyes of others
The evaluation we make of ourselves
How one controls and directs their own actions, emotions, and thoughts
7. Which of the following groups is most likely to be afforded active help and passive support?
The disabled
The homeless
The middle-class
The rich
8. Which of the following is not an element of McGuire's chain of cognitive responses model?
Attention
Comprehension
Yielding
Automaticity
9. People from which of the following age groups is more likely to engage in the hindsight bias?
7-8 year olds
11 year olds
61-95 year olds
3-4 year olds
10. If you happen to bump into an old classmate and find yourself acting exactly the way you did when you were in high school, which of the following would best describe this occurrence?
Upward social comparison
Self-regulation
Transference
None of the above
11. Isabella does not chit-chat at work-she develops innovative ideas and is one of the strongest, most serious members on the team. With her friends, Isabella tells hilarious stories that get everyone laughing. This difference demonstrates which concept?
Self-schemas
Person-situation interaction
Contingencies of self-worth
Amae
12. Which of the following is NOT a reference point against to which social information is often compared in social cognition research?
Expected utility theory
The law of large numbers
Correlational computations
Experts' intuitions
13. What is the shape of the subjective value function from prospect theory?
A straight line that indicates a positive correlation
U-shaped
A straight line that indicates a negative correlation
S-shaped
14. What does prospect theory describe?
The simulation of counterfactual reasoning
The decision process involved in complex social problems
The decision process involved in comparing between different options
The decision process involved in forecasting events
15. Which of the following best describes a "psychological field"?
The individual's perception of their social environment
An objective description of a person's environment by uninvolved observers
An objective descriptions of a person's environment by the researcher
The individual's cardiovascular responses to their social environment
16. Mr. Patel is involved in an effort to help his students see academic success as part of their ___________. His students then exhibit greater academic achievement in their grades and behaviors.
Relational selves
Feared selves
Possible selves
Interdependent selves