PYC3701 Assignment 2 2017

Sipho gets on an elevator in an office building, along with three others. All passengers face front, except a woman who continues to stand facing the back of the elevator all the way to the 21st floor. The most likely reason for Sipho’s discomfort for this is

Answer: The behavior is a contradiction of Sipho’s elevator – riding sheme

The academic performance of certain students dramatically improved when teachers were led to believe that those students were intellectually gifted ,regardless of the true ability levels of the students. This result show the importance of

Answer: Schemas and self – fulfilling prophecies

High levels of stress and multiple, competing demands for our attention and abilities can reduce our mental processing capacity. These situations can lead to

Answer: Information overload

Heunstics exert a strong influence on our thinking because they

Answer: Reduce the mental effort needed to make judgment and decisions

The frequency with which a given event or pattern occurs in the population is its

Answer: Base rate

When making judgment that involve factual information , we tend to rely on

Answer: The amount of relevant information we can recall

The relatively effortful and conscious processing of social information is known as

Answer: Controlled processing

Thandi and Ntombi are members of a girls’ basketball team who are responsible for helping to organize fundraising efforts from their team. Thandi is extremely motivated to complete this task , in contrast , Ntombi only shows a mild interest in completing the required task. Which one of the following statements best summarises the likelihood that Thandi and Ntombi will complete their task

Answer: Thandi’s motivation will likely cause her to predict that she will finish her task quickly , however , this will have no effect on whether she actually completes her task quiker than Ntombi

When people engage in thought suppression , two processes are involved. The operating process involves

Answer: Deliberate and effortful attempts to distract oneself with other thoughts or activities

Nandi is in a fairly good mood consequently , we should expect her to show a (n)….. in her use of ……

Answer: Increase , heuristics