Question 1

According to the text,people in psychotherapy and self-improvement programs who showed only modest improvements claimed that they

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A)   did not improve at all.
B)   experienced considerable change.
C)   experienced rapid improvement, then a steady decline.
D)   experienced change.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's beliefs is called the

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A)   perseverance bias.
B)   fundamental attribution error.
C)   correspondence bias.
D)   overconfidence phenomenon.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

You used to envy your brother because he was always so confident when talking to others.Yet the older you become,the more you realize that your brother is more often convinced of things rather than accurate about things.Your brother's behavior can be explained by the

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A)   perseverance bias.
B)   fundamental attribution error.
C)   correspondence bias.
D)   overconfidence phenomenon.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Your immediate recognition of your friends' face or her voice on the phone is an example of

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A)   controlled processing.
B)   illusory correlation.
C)   automatic processing.
D)   attributional error.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Your best friend is a master chess player,and has won numerous awards.When you play chess with her,you notice that she seems to be aware of strategies almost immediately after your move.Her awareness of these strategies reflects what type of thinking?

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A)   controlled processing
B)   automatic processing
C)   internal processing
D)   intentional processingE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Marcia thought that she would have enough time to write her paper after she bought groceries and cleaned the house,but she ran out of time.This is an example of

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A)   belief perseverance.
B)   the planning fallacy.
C)   confirmation bias.
D)   heuristic problems.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Thinking that is effortless,impulsive,and without awareness is called

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A)   controlled processing.
B)   automatic processing.
C)   internal processing.
D)   intentional processing.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Jumping out of your seat as a result of an unexpected scene in a movie is what type of thinking?

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A)   controlled processing
B)   automatic processing
C)   internal processing
D)   intentional processingE) A) and B)
F) B) and C) B

Question 9

Thinking that is deliberate,reflective,and conscious is called

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A)   controlled processing.
B)   automatic processing.
C)   external processing.
D)   intentional processing.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D) A

Question 10

One reason people are overconfident is that they are not inclined to seek out information

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A)   from experts.
B)   that is objective and factual.
C)   that involves judging estimates and comparisons.
D)   that might disprove what they believe.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Each semester you repeatedly underestimate how long it will take you to complete a research paper that is due at the end of the term.Your behavior is an example of the

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A)   perseverance bias.
B)   fundamental attribution error.
C)   correspondence bias.
D)   overconfidence phenomenon.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 12

When we are eager to seek information that verifies our beliefs but less inclined to seek evidence that might disprove our beliefs,the _______ has occurred.

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A)   hindsight bias
B)   confirmation bias
C)   overconfidence phenomenon
D)   fundamental attribution errorE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following strategies might be helpful in reducing the overconfidence bias?

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A)   Get people to think about why their judgments might be wrong.
B)   Delay feedback regarding the accuracy of their judgments.
C)   Inform people about the overconfidence bias.
D)   Tell people that there is no remedy for the overconfidence bias.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

When trying to recall the definition of the fundamental attribution error during an exam,you think back to what the professor was wearing when he was talking about the fundamental attribution error in class.What type of thinking is this?

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A)   controlled processing
B)   automatic processing
C)   internal processing
D)   intentional processingE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Sharon typically watches televised news stations that support her existing political beliefs.She is less inclined to watch the news on other stations,as it may disprove her preconceptions.Sharon's approach illustrates the

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A)   confirmation bias.
B)   misinformation effect.
C)   base-rate fallacy.
D)   I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Overconfidence remains after mistaken judgments due to the belief that

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A)   "I'll do better next time."
B)   "I was almost right."
C)   "It wasn't my fault that I was wrong."
D)   "Others were also wrong."E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Provide an example of the overconfidence phenomenon in the workplace.

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Question 18

Your summer vacation was perhaps not an overwhelmingly positive event,but during the finals week of August,you remember it as being a fantastic time.This is an example of

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A)   the perseverance bias.
B)   the fundamental attribution error.
C)   the correspondence bias.
D)   rosy retrospection.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

found that those students who scored lowest on tests of grammar and logic were _______ to overestimating their grammar and logic skills.

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A)   least prone
B)   most prone
C)   sometimes prone
D)   never proneE) All of the above
F) A) and B) B

Question 20

Describe the strengths and the weaknesses of both controlled and automatic processing.

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The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's beliefs is called the

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You used to envy your brother because he was always so confident when talking to others.Yet the older you become,the more you realize that your brother is more often convinced of things rather than accurate about things.Your brother's behavior can be explained by the

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Your immediate recognition of your friends' face or her voice on the phone is an example of

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Your best friend is a master chess player,and has won numerous awards.When you play chess with her,you notice that she seems to be aware of strategies almost immediately after your move.Her awareness of these strategies reflects what type of thinking?

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Marcia thought that she would have enough time to write her paper after she bought groceries and cleaned the house,but she ran out of time.This is an example of

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Thinking that is effortless,impulsive,and without awareness is called

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Jumping out of your seat as a result of an unexpected scene in a movie is what type of thinking?

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When we are eager to seek information that verifies our beliefs but less inclined to seek evidence that might disprove our beliefs,the _______ has occurred.

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Which of the following strategies might be helpful in reducing the overconfidence bias?

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When trying to recall the definition of the fundamental attribution error during an exam,you think back to what the professor was wearing when he was talking about the fundamental attribution error in class.What type of thinking is this?

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Sharon typically watches televised news stations that support her existing political beliefs.She is less inclined to watch the news on other stations,as it may disprove her preconceptions.Sharon's approach illustrates the

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Overconfidence remains after mistaken judgments due to the belief that

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Provide an example of the overconfidence phenomenon in the workplace.

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found that those students who scored lowest on tests of grammar and logic were _______ to overestimating their grammar and logic skills.

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