FIL Unit 4 and Final

Which statement about Kelly McGonigal's research on stress is NOT true?

• People who see stress positively experience a cardiovascular profile similar to that of joy or courage.

• Responding to stress by seeking support from others is unhealthy, and causes more damage to our hearts.

• Stress should be looked at as your body preparing you to overcome a challenge

• The harmful physical consequences of stress can be reduced by thinking positively about stress.

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Stereotype Threat is

• The pressure that comes from being held under a negative stereotype, causing underperformance

• An overgeneralized belief about a group

• Threatening a person by telling them you will spread false information about them publicly

• A negative attitude about a group of people

The best way to counteract stereotype threat is to

• Ignore differences between people

• Avoid discussing identities in public places where stereotypes might exist

• Create a community where people feel safe with their identities

• Stereotype threat is good and should not be counteracted

Which statement about Corinne Moss-Racussin's study on gender and university hiring is NOT true?

• She showed that the discrimination mostly came from explicit bias.

• The resumes were all the same, except some had masculine names and some had feminine names.

• Women were less likely to be hired than men, and offered less money when hired.

• Both women and men on hiring committees showed a preference for male candidates.

Which statement about Karen Wynn's study of in-group bias in infants is NOT true?

• Babies enjoyed seeing puppets that "disagreed" with them get hurt.

• The babies experienced both in-group and out-group bias.

• Babies preferred puppets that seemed to share their food preference.

• The affect of in-group bias wore off the longer the babies were exposed to the puppets.

Consider the study represented by this graph. Which statement is NOT true?

• "Check the box below if you want to donate your organs" represents an opt-in situation.

• People in countries where most people sign up to be organ donors read the forms more carefully than people in lower ranking countries.

• People who don't the check the box to become an organ donor are still making a decision.

• People make the default decision when the decision feels more complex.

Which statement about the Luebeck university study on offline processing is NOT true?

• Students who DID sleep found the shortcut 60% of the time.

• Offline processing allowed students to process the problems in their sleep, creating a deeper understanding.

• Students who did not sleep did worse than students who did.

• The point of the research was to study sleep and memory, as students were shown the shortcut to the problems to see if they would remember it.

Which statement about the Economist Subscription Study is NOT true?

• o% of people chose to subscribe to a print-only subscription.

• When the print-only subscription was removed, more people chose the online-only subscription.

• The inclusion of the print-only subscription option was a mistake and served no purpose.

• Including the print-only subscription option caused more people to choose the combine print and online subscription.

The belief that people generally deserve what they get and get what they deserve

• Just World Phenomenon

• WYSIATI Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Halo Effect

A generalized, negative attitude towards a group of people

• Prejudice

• Discrimination

• Stereotype

• Bias