Portage Learning PSYC 101 psychology EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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Psych 101 Exam 6 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLET
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QUESTION 1 ms




What is the area of social psychology that focuses on how people think about others a
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nd about the social world?
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a. Social prediction
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b. Social cognition
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c. Social attitudes
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d. Social thoughts and emotions
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ANSWER

B



QUESTION 2 ms




Asking someone, on a scale of 1 to 10, "How sexist do you consider yourself?" Would
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be considered measuring the individual's ___________.
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a. implicit attitude
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b. explicit attitude
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c. negative attitude
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d. stereotype
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ANSWER

B



QUESTION 3 ms




Someone describes to you a fur covered animal with four legs, a tail, and that barks, y
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ou think of a dog. The dog that you picture in your mind is an example of a:
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a. representativeness heuristic
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b. availability heuristic
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c. schema
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d. social cognition
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,ANSWER

C



QUESTION 4 ms




What is the term to explain that certain behaviors are unintentional, uncontrollable, o
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ccur outside of conscious awareness, or are cognitively efficient?
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a. Automaticity
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b. Impact bias
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c. Unconscious cognition
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d. Availability heuristic
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ANSWER

A



QUESTION 5 ms




The durability bias occurs when a person overestimates how long their feelings might
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last. This bias is a type of:
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a. Schema
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b. Availability heuristic
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c. Affective forecasting
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d. Directional goal
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ANSWER

C



QUESTION 6 ms




We can make a quick judgments about others within 10 seconds; however, as the amo
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unt of information increases, our judgments:
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a. change completely
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b. often become more accurate
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c. stay the same
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d. can change if we like the person
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ANSWER

B



QUESTION 7 ms




What is the heuristic in which the frequency or likelihood of an event is evaluated bas
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ed on how easily instances of it come to mind?
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, a. Representativeness heuristic
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b. Availability heuristic
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c. Schema
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d. Stereotype
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ANSWER

B



QUESTION 8 ms




Someone who commonly receives bad grades, but believes that they are a good studen
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t can fall into the trap of what type of bias?
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a. Planning fallacy
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b. Hot cognition
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c. Impact bias
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d. Need for closure
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ANSWER

B



QUESTION 9 ms




When preparing to write a paper for a class you decide that it should only take three
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hours, but in reality it takes twice as long. This is an example of:
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a. Planning fallacy
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b. Affective forecasting
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c. Motivated skepticism
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d. Time distortion
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ANSWER

A



QUESTION 10 ms




Implicit attitudes can sometimes ___________ explicit attitudes.
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a. change
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b. replace
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c. have little implications for
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d. contradict
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ANSWER

D