What does research indicate in terms of our ability

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After reading the Social Cognition chapter and watching the video in our eBook (Detecting Deception by Dr. Drew Curtis), please respond to the following:

1. What does research indicate in terms of our ability to successfully detect deception? Are we "good" at detecting when someone is lying? Why/why not?

2. Were you able to spot the deception while watching the video? What were some cues/things that you focused on while watching the video to determine who was lying and who was being truthful?

This chapter includes information on attributions (i.e., the process of assigning meaning to why events happen) as well as errors in thinking, thinking biases, and the use of heuristics. With these concepts in mind, do you think that we are often accurate in our attributions of others' behavior(s)? That is, do we often get it "right" when we attribute the cause of someone's behavior? Explain why/why not. Also, comment on how our accuracy (or inaccuracy) influences how we think about and interact with others.

After watching the video on the Dunning-Kruger Effect, please respond to the following:

1. What evidence from the video suggests that we (in general) are not so great at accurately evaluating our own abilities?

2. Have you experienced the Dunning-Kruger Effect - either as someone who directly experienced this and/or someone who knows another person/people who have experienced this?

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