PYC3701
2021 Assignments and Answers
, PYC3701/101/3/2021
● Remember to use your correct student number and the correct unique number.
● Where an assignment involves the use of a MARK READING SHEET, read the section
“INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF MARK READING SHEETS” in Study@Unisa.
● Students who do not have access to the internet must complete their assignments on a mark
reading sheet provided with your study material.
8.6 The assignments
8.6.1 Appendix A - Assignment 01 for Semester 1
Assignment 01 for Semester 1
Closing date: 19 March 2021
Unique Number: 564929
Remember the following:
● Use only an HB pencil (not a ‘pacer’) and mark your answers clearly as follows: [–]
● If you mark a block incorrectly, make sure that the mark is erased properly.
Do not staple your mark reading sheet to any document.
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
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
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
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
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2021 Assignments and Answers
, PYC3701/101/3/2021
● Remember to use your correct student number and the correct unique number.
● Where an assignment involves the use of a MARK READING SHEET, read the section
“INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF MARK READING SHEETS” in Study@Unisa.
● Students who do not have access to the internet must complete their assignments on a mark
reading sheet provided with your study material.
8.6 The assignments
8.6.1 Appendix A - Assignment 01 for Semester 1
Assignment 01 for Semester 1
Closing date: 19 March 2021
Unique Number: 564929
Remember the following:
● Use only an HB pencil (not a ‘pacer’) and mark your answers clearly as follows: [–]
● If you mark a block incorrectly, make sure that the mark is erased properly.
Do not staple your mark reading sheet to any document.
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
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
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
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
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