PSYCH EXAM 6 LEARNING AND
CONDITIONING ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS BEHAVIORAL
THEORY REVIEW 2026
◉ What occurs when you make a decision quickly based on time
constraints and are not particularly concerned about the quality of
the decision?
a. Impact bias
b. Motivated skepticism
c. Directional goals
d. The need for closure
Answer: d. The need for closure
◉ Waiting in line at the grocery store until it is you turn to pay for
your items, is an example of what type of schema?
a. Event schema
b. Self-schema
c. Person schema
d. Situation schema
,Answer: b. Self-schema
◉ If you are in a good mood and think back to many good memories,
then you might state that your life is "good." This process can be
attributed to what?
a. Affective forecasting
b. Durability bias
c .A priori whishes
d. Mood-congruent memory
Answer: d. Mood-congruent memory
◉ The durability bias occurs when a person overestimates how long
their feelings might last. This bias is a type of:
a. Schema
b. Availability heuristic
c. Affective forecasting
d. Directional goal
Answer: c. Affective forecasting
◉ We can make a quick judgments about others within 10 seconds;
however, as the amount of information increases, our judgments:
a. change completely
b. often become more accurate
,c. stay the same
d. can change if we like the person
Answer: b. often become more accurate
◉ What is the heuristic in which the frequency or likelihood of an
event is evaluated based on how easily instances of it come to mind?
a. Representativeness heuristic
b. Availability heuristic
c. Schema
d. Stereotype
Answer: b. Availability heuristic
◉ When preparing to write a paper for a class you decide that it
should only take three hours, but in reality it takes twice as long.
This is an example of:
a. Planning fallacy
b. Affective forecasting
c. Motivated skepticism
d. Time distortion
Answer: a. Planning fallacy
◉ Someone who commonly receives bad grades, but believes that
they are a good student can fall into the trap of what type of bias?
, a. Planning fallacy
b. Hot cognition
c. Impact bias
d. Need for closure
Answer: b. Hot cognition
◉ Implicit attitudes can sometimes ___________ explicit attitudes.
a. change
b. replace
c. have little implications for
d. contradict
Answer: d. contradict
◉ What is the mental processes that are influenced by desires and
feelings?
a. Impact bias
b. Motivated skepticism
c. Hot cognition
d. Implicit attitude
Answer: c. Hot cognition
◉ People are usually ___________ in their accuracy of their perceptions.
CONDITIONING ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS BEHAVIORAL
THEORY REVIEW 2026
◉ What occurs when you make a decision quickly based on time
constraints and are not particularly concerned about the quality of
the decision?
a. Impact bias
b. Motivated skepticism
c. Directional goals
d. The need for closure
Answer: d. The need for closure
◉ Waiting in line at the grocery store until it is you turn to pay for
your items, is an example of what type of schema?
a. Event schema
b. Self-schema
c. Person schema
d. Situation schema
,Answer: b. Self-schema
◉ If you are in a good mood and think back to many good memories,
then you might state that your life is "good." This process can be
attributed to what?
a. Affective forecasting
b. Durability bias
c .A priori whishes
d. Mood-congruent memory
Answer: d. Mood-congruent memory
◉ The durability bias occurs when a person overestimates how long
their feelings might last. This bias is a type of:
a. Schema
b. Availability heuristic
c. Affective forecasting
d. Directional goal
Answer: c. Affective forecasting
◉ We can make a quick judgments about others within 10 seconds;
however, as the amount of information increases, our judgments:
a. change completely
b. often become more accurate
,c. stay the same
d. can change if we like the person
Answer: b. often become more accurate
◉ What is the heuristic in which the frequency or likelihood of an
event is evaluated based on how easily instances of it come to mind?
a. Representativeness heuristic
b. Availability heuristic
c. Schema
d. Stereotype
Answer: b. Availability heuristic
◉ When preparing to write a paper for a class you decide that it
should only take three hours, but in reality it takes twice as long.
This is an example of:
a. Planning fallacy
b. Affective forecasting
c. Motivated skepticism
d. Time distortion
Answer: a. Planning fallacy
◉ Someone who commonly receives bad grades, but believes that
they are a good student can fall into the trap of what type of bias?
, a. Planning fallacy
b. Hot cognition
c. Impact bias
d. Need for closure
Answer: b. Hot cognition
◉ Implicit attitudes can sometimes ___________ explicit attitudes.
a. change
b. replace
c. have little implications for
d. contradict
Answer: d. contradict
◉ What is the mental processes that are influenced by desires and
feelings?
a. Impact bias
b. Motivated skepticism
c. Hot cognition
d. Implicit attitude
Answer: c. Hot cognition
◉ People are usually ___________ in their accuracy of their perceptions.
