A. learned helplessness
B. the spotlight effect
C. self-serving bias
D. an Electra complex
Related Mcqs:
- After noting that a majority of professional basketball players are African-American, Ervin concluded that African-Americans are better athletes than, members of other racial groups Ervin’s conclusion best illustrates the danger of:
A. The false consensus effect
B. the hindsight bias
C. replication
D. generalizing from vivid cases - When Armen first head the hit song “Gotta Love It” he wasn’t at all sure he liked it. The more often he heard it played, however, the more he enjoyed it. Armen’s reaction illustrates:
A. social facilitation
B. the bystander effect
C. the foot- in- the- door phenomenon
D. the mere exposure effect - Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:
A. functional fixedness
B. the framing effect
C. the representativeness heuristic
D. overconfidence - Because Ken is 6 6, people often mistakenly assume that he must be a member of his college’s basketball team. The mistaken judgement best illustrates the impact of:
A. the availability heuristic
B. confirmation bias
C. the representativeness heuristic
D. the belief perseverance phenomenon - The corrupt behavior of many ordinary people who served as Nazi concentration camp guards best illustrates that immorality often results from:
A. crystallized intelligence
B. social influence
C. abnormal cognitive development
D. postconventional moral thinking - Carlos is so friendly and likable that is job supervisors and co-workers often appraise his work skills and performance more positively than is actually warranted. This best illustrates evaluators’ vulnerability to:
A. halo errors
B. the experience of flow
C. homeostasis
D. homeostasis - Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:
A. functional fixedness
B. the farming effect
C. the representativeness heuristic
D. over confidence - Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by:
A. her id
B. her alter ego
C. her ego
D. reaction formation - Studying to avoid bad grade is an example of __________________?
A. positive reinforcement
B. negative reinforcement
C. punishment
D. escape - Effat Ashiq has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is springing, and she has trouble keeping her balance. It is possible that this sense of disequilibrium is a result of excess activity in neurons originating in the:
A. Olfactory bulb
B. The semicircular canals
C. Periaqueductal gray
D. Semicircular canals
