Question 1

Which of the following is the best example of ironic processing interfering with attempted thought suppression?

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A)   You are trying not to think about the fact that you made a fool of yourself at a party last weekend, but the thought pops into your head every few hours.
B)   You are trying not to think about the fact that you made a fool of yourself at a party last weekend, but the more you try not to think about it, the more the thought keeps popping into your head.
C)   The more you think about the fact that you made a fool of yourself at a party last weekend, the more mortifying and embarrassing the event seems.
D)   The more you think about the fact that you made a fool of yourself at a party last weekend, the less embarrassing it seems.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

One of your professors has apparently just lost his job. Suppose that the campus newspaper publishes an article about it, invoking external, stable attributions. Which of the following might be the headline of the article?

Accepted Answer

A)   "Unlucky Series of Misunderstandings Leads to Professor Being Fired"
B)   "Another Great Professor Let Go as a Result of Budget Cuts"
C)   "Inappropriate Conduct Causes Professor's Demise"
D)   "When Professors Get Lazy, Consequences Can Be Extreme"E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Feeling sorry for misfortunes, limitations, losses, transgressions, shortcomings, or mistakes is called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   counterfactual thinking
B)   counterproductive thinking
C)   regret
D)   optimismE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Attribution theory is most concerned with how people ____.

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A)   make decisions among a set of choices
B)   form scripts and schemas
C)   explain the events in their lives
D)   make predictions about future eventsE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Actors are also more likely than observers to explain their acts by ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   sharing their desires
B)   citing their beliefs
C)   analyzing their perceptions
D)   taking responsibility for any issuesE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The opposite of a cognitive miser would be someone who ____.

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A)   does not care what other people think
B)   tends to share his or her ideas freely with others
C)   carefully and rationally thinks about each and every decision
D)   rarely compares himself or herself with peersE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

The "correspondence bias" is another term that is used to refer to the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   ultimate attribution error
B)   self-serving error
C)   covariation principle
D)   fundamental attribution errorE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Hilda is on a low carbohydrate diet, which restricts her from eating foods such as white bread, potato chips, and pretzels. The more Hilda thinks about the fact that she cannot eat such foods, however, the more desperately she begins to crave them. Social psychologists refer to this kind of pattern as a(n)  ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   oxymoronic attribution
B)   ironic process
C)   false activation
D)   mental paradoxE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Three-year-old children tend to think that the Stroop test is really easy, as compared to six-year-old children, 12-year-old children, or adults. This is because, in general, three-year-olds ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   do not have fully formed schemas
B)   do not know how to read
C)   have not made lasting associations between colors and particular objects
D)   are less likely to rely on automatic processingE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

How does the fundamental attribution error (FAE)  differ from the actor-observer effect (AOE) ?

Accepted Answer

A)   They make opposite predictions.
B)   They make similar predictions, but the FAE focuses on attributions that we make about others, while the AOE concerns attributions that we make about ourselves.
C)   They make similar predictions, but the FAE focuses on attributions that we make about ourselves, while the AOE concerns attributions that we make about others.
D)   They make similar predictions, but the FAE focuses on attributions that we make about others, while the AOE concerns attributions that we make about others AND attributions that we make about ourselves.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 11

When most people think of the concept "sleeping," they also tend to think about concepts like "dreaming," "being tired," and "yawning." That is, when they think about "sleeping," related concepts are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   framed
B)   scripted
C)   counterregulated
D)   primedE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

People who receive extremely low scores on IQ tests almost always perform better the second time around. This pattern can be attributed to ________________.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

When buying a new car, people tend to look at statistical information and case history information. Research shows that they tend to be more influenced by ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   case history information-regardless of whether or not it is the first time they have purchased a car
B)   statistical information-regardless of whether or not it is the first time they have purchased a car
C)   case history information if it is the first time they have purchased a car, but statistical information if they have purchased cars in the past
D)   statistical information if it is the first time they have purchased a car, but case history information if they have purchased cars in the pastE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

The paradoxical effects of thought suppression have been linked to psychological disorders, especially ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   schizophrenia and schizoaffective personality disorder
B)   phobias, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
C)   bipolar disorder and hypomania
D)   histrionic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and borderline personality disorderE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Tom believes that he is exceptionally insightful when it comes to understanding and helping others. In fact, he brags that he is probably one in a million when it comes to insight. Assuming Tom is not quite as special as he thinks he is, Tom's perception of himself most likely reflects the ____ effect.

Accepted Answer

A)   external attribution
B)   illusory correlation
C)   false uniqueness
D)   false consensusE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 16

Research indicates that people are especially likely to engage in the false consensus effect when it comes to ____, and especially likely to engage in the false uniqueness effect when it comes to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   their undesirable characteristics; their desirable characteristics
B)   their desirable characteristics; their undesirable characteristics
C)   their unusual characteristics; their more common characteristics
D)   their more common characteristics; their unusual characteristicsE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

If you have a schema about graduate students, then ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   you probably tend to think about graduate students much more than the average person
B)   you have a general sense of what they are like, what they do, and how they are different from other people
C)   you probably have a tendency to separate the world into "graduate students" and "non-graduate students"
D)   you are very likely to become a graduate student in the futureE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Claudio is not especially surprised when he gets a low grade on a research paper since he and his partner are going through a particular difficult period in their relationship and he did not work on it as diligently as he would have otherwise. Claudio is attributing his grade to ____ factors.

Accepted Answer

A)   internal, stable
B)   external, stable
C)   internal, unstable
D)   external, unstableE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Suppose that you have a certain idea about what a tropical island should be like: It should be a tourist destination, have palm trees, enjoy a warm climate, and contain plenty of bars that serve cocktails with paper umbrellas. Your general understanding of what a tropical island is all about is most clearly an example of a____.

Accepted Answer

A)   script
B)   schema
C)   heuristic
D)   counterfactualE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Social cognition refers to a movement within social psychology that focuses on ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   how individuals think about social relationships and about other people
B)   group thinking and group decision-making
C)   cross-cultural differences in how people think and problem-solve
D)   conformity, obedience, and crowd mentalitiesE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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