OLD 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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

• Just World Phenomenon

• WYSIATI Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Halo Effect

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A generalized, negative attitude towards a group of people

• Prejudice

• Discrimination

• Stereotype

• Bias

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