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- 1. Multiple Choice
The ways in which we interpret, analyze, remember, and use information about the social world are known as
_____.
encoding
automatic processing
social cognition
schemas
- 2. Multiple Choice
Social thought is not always completely rational because _____.
thinking about the social world requires effort
rational thought cannot completely overcome the effects of schemas
social thought is always automatic and heuristic
base rates are frequently ignored
- 3. Multiple Choice
Mental frameworks for organizing and processing social information are known as _____.
heuristics
schemas
anchoring frameworks
affective states
- 4. Multiple Choice
One way that schemas influence social thought is by _____.
ensuring that inconsistent information is stored in our memories and retrieved rapidly
increasing our cognitive load by activating more information from our long term memory stores
activating the availability heuristic and enabling automatic priming
acting as a filter to direct our attention towards some information and away from other information
- 5. Multiple Choice
Tracy encounters a member of a certain political group whose views and attributes are inconsistent with her
schemas about that group. What is the MOST likely conclusion that Tracy will make?
Tracy will completely change her schema about the group.
Tracy will place this individual into a subtype of those who do not confirm her schema.
Tracy will completely ignor this information
Tracy will suppress conscious awareness of this conflicting information, but it will exert an influence on
her behavior without her awareness.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Schemas affect our use of stored memories by _____.
making it easier to retrieve information that is consistent with the schema
reducing the cognitive load on our reasoning abilities so we can search our memories more thoroughly
activating the anchoring and adjustment process whereby we make social judgments
showing a strong perseverance effect π strengthening our stored memories
- 7. Multiple Choice
The term "cognitive load" refers to _____.
the strength displayed by a schema in activating memories
the amount of mental effort we are expending at a given time
the relatively rational and orderly process used in making social cognitions
the number of heuristics we are using at a given time
- 8. Multiple Choice
A self-fulfilling prophecy is _____.
the process by which schemas sometimes influence the social world in ways to make the world consistent
with the schema
the result of over-reliance on mental heuristics and memories
the end result of having two or more schemas active in our cognitive processes at the same time
the end result of having two or more schemas active in our cognitive processes at the same time
- 9. Multiple Choice
Simple rules for making complex decisions or drawing inferences are known as _____.
heuristics
automaticity
anchoring and adjustment
schemas
- 10. Multiple Choice
Those things that are easier to recall tend to have a greater impact on subsequent judgments and decisions. This
fact is known as _____.
evaluative thinking
he availability heuristic
the base rate heuristic
automatic priming
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