Chapter 3: Learning Objective Summary Quiz

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What is social cognition?

Thinking about computers socially

Thinking about natural phenomena

Thinking about the self and the world socially (correct)

Thinking about abstract concepts

Which term best describes nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary, and effortless thinking according to the text?

Effortful thinking

Strategic thinking

Conscious thinking

Automatic thinking (correct)

How do people use schemas in social cognition?

To memorize long lists

To build computers

To organize and interpret new information (correct)

To engage in strategic planning

Why are schemas considered useful tools according to the text?

They reduce ambiguity about the social world Signup and view all the answers

When are schemas most likely to be used according to the text?

When they are high in accessibility Signup and view all the answers

What role does past knowledge play in automatic thinking?

It helps organize and interpret new information Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to mental structures for organizing knowledge about the social world?

'Schemas' Signup and view all the answers

In what way is automatic thinking defined in the text?

'Nonconscious' and 'unintentional' Signup and view all the answers

Why do people use schemas according to the text?

'To influence what they notice, think about, and remember' Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of schemas according to the text?

To reduce ambiguity about the social world Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which recent experiences increase the accessibility of a schema?

Priming Signup and view all the answers

Which type of thinking involves mental shortcuts that people use to make judgments quickly and efficiently?

Judgmental heuristics Signup and view all the answers

What influences how we act towards others based on schemas or expectations?

Self-fulfilling prophecies Signup and view all the answers

Which culture tends to have an analytic thinking style, focusing on the properties of objects without considering their surrounding context?

Western cultures Signup and view all the answers

What type of thinking style focuses on the overall context and how objects relate to each other?

Holistic thinking Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for mental changing some aspect of the past as a way of imagining what might have been?

Counterfactual reasoning Signup and view all the answers

Which form of automatic thinking refers to acting on goals that have been recently primed?

Automatic goal pursuit Signup and view all the answers

'Availability heuristic' is an example of which mental shortcut used for making judgments?

'Representativeness heuristic' Signup and view all the answers

'Representativeness heuristic' classifies something according to what characteristic?

'How similar it is to a typical case' Signup and view all the answers

'Controlled thinking' is described as conscious, intentional, voluntary, and ___.

'Effortful' Signup and view all the answers