SocPsych GR1 review

A study by Gilovich et al. (2000) had college students wear T-shirts with singer Barry Manilow on them. They found that participants overestimated the degree to which other people would notice the T-shirt. Which of the following concepts did this study explore?

• the transparency effect

• the audience effect

• the spotlight effect

• the halo effect

In the context of psychology, ________ are mental templates by which we organize our worlds.

• attributes

• efficacies

• schemas

• perspectives

Self-esteem is more personal and less relational for people in a(n) ________ culture.

• individualistic

• collectivistic

• interdependent

• socialistic

Damon believes that he has incredible academic abilities and that he will easily get a job when he completes college. He also believes that he will always remain employed at the highest position in a company because of his academic qualifications. This is an example of which of the following?

• unrealistic optimism

• collective narcissism

• defensive pessimism

• egoistic individualism

In the context of self-serving bias, which of the following statements represents the concept of self-serving attributions?

• People attribute their success to their effort and failure to their lack of ability

• People attribute their success to their ability and failure to external factors

• People anticipate problems and harness their anxiety to motivate effective action

• People overestimate the commonality of their opinions and their undesirable behaviors

Compared with people in general, most people perceive themselves as

• less intelligent than others

• less attractive than others

• less prejudiced than others

• less insightful than others

Which of the following statements best reflects the false consensus effect?

• They pushed me to do it.

• I am better than most at puzzles.

• Everyone does it.

• Others people are better at reading social cues.

What is priming?

• how people retain individuality

• Abilities, skills, and talents cannot change
• a self-script

• Activation of an idea or knowledge structure

System ______ thinking is slower, more analytical, logical, rule-based and conscious.

• 3

• 4

• 1

• 2

Incorporating inaccurate information into one's memory of an event after witnessing the event and receiving misleading information about it is called the

• priming effect

• confirmation bias

• processing fallacy

• misinformation effect