Mutliple Choice Quiz

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1	The theory of how people explain others' behavior is
		A)	cognitive theory.
		B)	communication theory.
		C)	impression theory.
		D)	attribution theory.


2	The theory of correspondent inferences states
		A)	people infer that other people's intentions and dispositions correspond to our intentions and dispositions.
		B)	people infer that other people's intentions and dispositions correspond to the group's intentions and dispositions.
		C)	people infer that other people have similar values.
		D)	people infer that other people's intentions and dispositions correspond to their actions.


3	The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences upon others' behavior is
		A)	correspondent inferences error.
		B)	cognitive bias error.
		C)	fundamental attribution error.
		D)	inferential analysis error.


4	The "actor-observer difference" states
		A)	when other people act, the situation occupies the center of attention.
		B)	when we act, we are the center of attention.
		C)	when other people act, we and the situation are the center of attention.
		D)	when people act, the situation occupies the center of attention.


5	People from Asian cultures are more likely than Westerners to
		A)	see self-serving reasons for their own behavior.
		B)	see situational reasons for someone's behavior.
		C)	see other traits as the reason for their behavior.
		D)	see their own traits as the reason for their behavior.


6	Correspondence bias is
		A)	an illusory correlation.
		B)	counterfactual thinking.
		C)	fundamental attribution error.
		D)	hindsight error.


7	People are less critical of information when it
		A)	supports their preferred conclusions.
		B)	supports the conclusions of others.
		C)	points to errors in their reasoning.
		D)	points to strengths in others' reasoning.


8	Persistence of one's initial conceptions is
		A)	belief perseverance.
		B)	overconfidence phenomenon.
		C)	attribution theory.
		D)	cognitive conceit.


9	Memory construction allows us to
		A)	revise our own histories.
		B)	think automatically.
		C)	replicate reality.
		D)	see the truth of the situation.


10	Misinformation effect is
		A)	the way the brain stores information.
		B)	the way one perceives mental imagery.
		C)	the way preconceptions shape interpretations.
		D)	the incorporating of misinformation into one's memory of an event.


11	Activating particular associations in memory is called
		A)	memory construction.
		B)	priming.
		C)	the availability heuristic.
		D)	belief assimilation phenomenon.


12	To overestimate the accuracy of one's beliefs is
		A)	the belief perseverance phenomenon.
		B)	the denial paradox.
		C)	the overconfidence phenomenon.
		D)	the hindsight bias.


13	The tendency to search for information that supports one's preconceptions is
		A)	confirmation bias.
		B)	hindsight bias.
		C)	an attribution error.
		D)	the base-rate fallacy.


14	A rule-of-thumb that judges the likelihood of things in terms of their availability in memory is
		A)	the availability heuristic.
		B)	memory construction.
		C)	the Kulechov effect.
		D)	the overconfidence heuristic.


15	Imagining alternative scenarios and outcomes that might have happened, but didn't is
		A)	hindsight bias.
		B)	counterfactual thinking.
		C)	denial paradox.
		D)	inferential analysis.


16	The perception of a relationship where none exists is
		A)	belief assimilation phenomenon.
		B)	illusory correlation.
		C)	the Kulechov effect.
		D)	distinctiveness fallacy.


17	Beth chooses lottery numbers for this week's drawing. She is illustrating a(n)
		A)	availability heuristic.
		B)	overconfidence phenomenon.
		C)	illusory correlation.
		D)	illusion of control.


18	The text states that a possible cause of illusion of control is
		A)	regression toward the average.
		B)	denial paradox.
		C)	distinctive fallacy.
		D)	base-rate fallacy.

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