4/25/25, 2:37 PM Pyc3701 assignment 1 and 2
Assignment 01 for Semester 1
Closing date: 19 March 2021 Unique Number: 564929
Chapter 2- social cognition: how we think about the social world
1. The process during which we interpret, analyse, remember, and use information about the social
world is known as - - - - -.
1. encoding
2. automatic processing
3. social cognition
4. schemas
page 38
Chapter 2- social cognition: how we think about the social world
2. One way to manage information overload is to make use of - - - - -.
1. mental shortcuts such as heuristics
2. the anchoring and adjustment stratagem
3. automatic priming
4. the complexity schema
Page 44-45
Chapter 2- social cognition: how we think about the social world
3. Decisions made on the basis of the representativeness heuristic may be flawed because they
tend to ignore information about - - - - -.
1. base rates
2. schemas
3. rational processing schemes
4. automatic priming
Page 46
Chapter 3- social perception: perceiving and understanding others
4. The process whereby we seek to know and understand others is called - - - - -, and frequently
makes use of - - - - -.
1. social awareness; not really caring about people
2. social attribution; impression management
3. social perception; nonverbal communication
4. social consistency; correspondence bias
page 75
Chapter 3- social perception: perceiving and understanding others
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, 4/25/25, 2:37 PM Pyc3701 assignment 1 and 2
5. We might think that a waiter who flirts with a customer does so because he likes to flirt if we
notice that other waiters avoid flirting with that customer. This best represents the concept of low
- - - - -.
1. nonconunon effect
2. consensus
3. consistency
4. distinctiveness
page 86-87
Chapter 3- social perception: perceiving and understanding others
6. Members of collectivistic cultures are more likely to recognize more of the situational
determinants of behaviour than are members of individualistic cultures. As a result, members of
collectivist societies are - - - - -
1. somewhat less likely to make the fundamental attribution error.
2. a great deal more likely to make the fundamental attribution error.
3. unaware of the fundamental attribution error.
4. somewhat more likely to make the fundamental attribution error.
Page 90-92
7. Socially introverted individuals who use Facebook or other online social programs tend to - - - - -
1. not be able to transfer their online personas into the real world.
2. create completely unattainable identities online.
3. become more introverted because their social interaction is only occurring online.
4. benefit from receiving validation of a possible self and may improve social success offline.
Chapter 4- the self: understanding the question- who am I
8. Introspection is an effective means of understanding ourselves when the - - - - -
1. individual is attempting to understand the reasons for his or her feelings about something
important.
2. focus is on unconscious affective factors.
3. focus is on a conscious decision-making process.
4. individual displays an introverted personality configuration.
Page 118-119
Chapter 4- the self: understanding the question- who am I
9. George was listening as a friend described him to someone else on the telephone. His friend’s
description included “friendly, taller, active” and similar terms. As a result, George is now
probably thinking of himself in terms of - - - - -.
1. collectivist relationships
2. indeterminant relationships
3. intergroup comparisons
4. intragroup comparisons
page 120
Chapter 5- attitudes, evaluating and responding to the social world.
10. Attitudes are - - - - -
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Assignment 01 for Semester 1
Closing date: 19 March 2021 Unique Number: 564929
Chapter 2- social cognition: how we think about the social world
1. The process during which we interpret, analyse, remember, and use information about the social
world is known as - - - - -.
1. encoding
2. automatic processing
3. social cognition
4. schemas
page 38
Chapter 2- social cognition: how we think about the social world
2. One way to manage information overload is to make use of - - - - -.
1. mental shortcuts such as heuristics
2. the anchoring and adjustment stratagem
3. automatic priming
4. the complexity schema
Page 44-45
Chapter 2- social cognition: how we think about the social world
3. Decisions made on the basis of the representativeness heuristic may be flawed because they
tend to ignore information about - - - - -.
1. base rates
2. schemas
3. rational processing schemes
4. automatic priming
Page 46
Chapter 3- social perception: perceiving and understanding others
4. The process whereby we seek to know and understand others is called - - - - -, and frequently
makes use of - - - - -.
1. social awareness; not really caring about people
2. social attribution; impression management
3. social perception; nonverbal communication
4. social consistency; correspondence bias
page 75
Chapter 3- social perception: perceiving and understanding others
about:blank 1/8
, 4/25/25, 2:37 PM Pyc3701 assignment 1 and 2
5. We might think that a waiter who flirts with a customer does so because he likes to flirt if we
notice that other waiters avoid flirting with that customer. This best represents the concept of low
- - - - -.
1. nonconunon effect
2. consensus
3. consistency
4. distinctiveness
page 86-87
Chapter 3- social perception: perceiving and understanding others
6. Members of collectivistic cultures are more likely to recognize more of the situational
determinants of behaviour than are members of individualistic cultures. As a result, members of
collectivist societies are - - - - -
1. somewhat less likely to make the fundamental attribution error.
2. a great deal more likely to make the fundamental attribution error.
3. unaware of the fundamental attribution error.
4. somewhat more likely to make the fundamental attribution error.
Page 90-92
7. Socially introverted individuals who use Facebook or other online social programs tend to - - - - -
1. not be able to transfer their online personas into the real world.
2. create completely unattainable identities online.
3. become more introverted because their social interaction is only occurring online.
4. benefit from receiving validation of a possible self and may improve social success offline.
Chapter 4- the self: understanding the question- who am I
8. Introspection is an effective means of understanding ourselves when the - - - - -
1. individual is attempting to understand the reasons for his or her feelings about something
important.
2. focus is on unconscious affective factors.
3. focus is on a conscious decision-making process.
4. individual displays an introverted personality configuration.
Page 118-119
Chapter 4- the self: understanding the question- who am I
9. George was listening as a friend described him to someone else on the telephone. His friend’s
description included “friendly, taller, active” and similar terms. As a result, George is now
probably thinking of himself in terms of - - - - -.
1. collectivist relationships
2. indeterminant relationships
3. intergroup comparisons
4. intragroup comparisons
page 120
Chapter 5- attitudes, evaluating and responding to the social world.
10. Attitudes are - - - - -
about:blank 2/8
