PSY 353 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Judgment decision making is not about WHAT to choose, it is about _ to choose. -
Answers - Judgment decision making is about HOW to choose.
What is an example of a helpful frame of judgment thinking? - Answers - Schemas. This
is a representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.
What is an example of a non-helpful frame of judgment thinking? - Answers -
Troublesome Biases. An example of this is an individual stuck at sea - they may want to
hold their head above water. But they should put their head in the water to float longer.
What is confirmation bias? What's an example? - Answers - Applying information that
supports your own bias. EX: A conservative watching FOX.
What is affective forecasting? What's an example? - Answers - Expectations put by
actions affecting the future. EX: Eating a meal before going to the grocery store. Less
likely to fill basket up more.
Automatic Thinking. EX? - Answers - "I'm hungry. I'm going to eat" "Clamped" state. EX:
Milgram's shocking experiment. Prison study.
Controlled Thinking? EX? - Answers - "I'm hungry. Where should I eat? If I eat there, my
stomach will hurt. That other place is too expensive." What-if statements. Using
scientific reasoning.
Information Processing Units (How are we related?) - Answers - A brain and a computer
using similar processes but with different symbols.
Working Memory Model - Answers - Central executive > visual-spatial sketchpad or
episodic buffer or phonological loop > visual semantics or episodic LTM or language
Computational Limits- "Bounded rationality" - Answers - "Bounded rationality" - meaning
that individuals typically choose what is more satisfactory than better long-term
What does cognition aid? - Answers - Determinism, Behaviorism, View of
mind/awareness/consciousness
What is an example of Think-Aloud Protocols? - Answers - Doing a math problem in
your head.
Criteria for "Rationality" - Answers - 1. Assets
ANSWERS
Judgment decision making is not about WHAT to choose, it is about _ to choose. -
Answers - Judgment decision making is about HOW to choose.
What is an example of a helpful frame of judgment thinking? - Answers - Schemas. This
is a representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.
What is an example of a non-helpful frame of judgment thinking? - Answers -
Troublesome Biases. An example of this is an individual stuck at sea - they may want to
hold their head above water. But they should put their head in the water to float longer.
What is confirmation bias? What's an example? - Answers - Applying information that
supports your own bias. EX: A conservative watching FOX.
What is affective forecasting? What's an example? - Answers - Expectations put by
actions affecting the future. EX: Eating a meal before going to the grocery store. Less
likely to fill basket up more.
Automatic Thinking. EX? - Answers - "I'm hungry. I'm going to eat" "Clamped" state. EX:
Milgram's shocking experiment. Prison study.
Controlled Thinking? EX? - Answers - "I'm hungry. Where should I eat? If I eat there, my
stomach will hurt. That other place is too expensive." What-if statements. Using
scientific reasoning.
Information Processing Units (How are we related?) - Answers - A brain and a computer
using similar processes but with different symbols.
Working Memory Model - Answers - Central executive > visual-spatial sketchpad or
episodic buffer or phonological loop > visual semantics or episodic LTM or language
Computational Limits- "Bounded rationality" - Answers - "Bounded rationality" - meaning
that individuals typically choose what is more satisfactory than better long-term
What does cognition aid? - Answers - Determinism, Behaviorism, View of
mind/awareness/consciousness
What is an example of Think-Aloud Protocols? - Answers - Doing a math problem in
your head.
Criteria for "Rationality" - Answers - 1. Assets
