Thinking and Social Cognition Quiz

Which type of thinking is focused on finding a single correct answer?

• Divergent thinking

• Convergent thinking

• Critical thinking

• Inductive reasoning

Deductive reasoning starts with:

• Specific observations and leads to general conclusions

• General principles applied to specific cases

• Analogies between unrelated concepts

• Emotional responses

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to:

• Accurately assess situational and dispositional factors

• Overemphasize situational causes of behavior

• Overestimate dispositional causes of others' behavior

• Ignore all causal explanations

Cognitive dissonance occurs when:

• Someone has a consistent attitude

• Two attitudes or thoughts conflict

• Someone behaves without thinking

• Attitudes align perfectly with behavior

What are central traits?

• Traits that dominate someone's life

• Traits that influence perception of other traits

• Traits linked only to negative behavior

• Traits ignored during impression formation

Schemas in social cognition help us:

• Store irrelevant information

• Misinterpret social stimuli

• Organize and recall social information

• Avoid predicting others’ actions

Which step is not part of the problem-solving process?

• Identifying the problem

• Ignoring potential solutions

• Gathering information

• Implementing the solution

Attribution theory explains how we:

• Predict the future

• Decide causes of behavior

• Memorize facts

• Avoid biases

What is cognition associated with?

• Physical activities

• Mental activities like thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

• Emotional activities

• Social activities

What does thinking involve?

• Random actions

• External manipulation of objects

• Mental manipulation of information

• Blind guessing