Question 1

Name and describe the three goals of social cognition.Discuss at least one person and one situation factor that affects the achievement of each one.

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Question 2

Home assignment: Search through newspapers and magazines for "advice" columns in which people ask for help with personal problems or discuss their experiences and insights about life.Collect several examples and conduct an analysis of the kinds of attributions people make when discussing their own behavior and the behavior of others.

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Question 3

Two goals of social cognition seem to be in opposition to each other.In what situations do people seek to conserve mental effort? Under what circumstances do they seek accuracy? What features within the person encourage people toward one goal versus the other?

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Question 4

Discuss the role of culture,and the individualism/collectivism dimension in particular,on social cognition.Include discussion of research on attributional and self-enhancement processes.

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Question 5

Imagine you are the CEO of a firm that succeeds only if its employees avoid relying on cognitive shortcuts.How would you go about encouraging people to be more accurate in their judgments? What strategies would you teach them? What types of people would you hire if you want them to be motivated to avoid cognitive shortcuts?

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Question 6

For each of the three goals of social cognition,describe (1)the strategies people use to achieve the goal and (2)at least three factors that lead people to have the goal and to employ the strategies you described.

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Question 7

Describe the four cognitive shortcuts people use to simplify their processing of social information.Name and describe three personal and/or situational factors that increase the likelihood that people use these cognitive shortcuts.

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Question 8

People are often motivated to enhance or protect their self-images.In what circumstances are self-image enhancement and protection especially important? Describe three cognitive or behavioral strategies that people use for boosting and protecting their self-images.

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Question 9

Discuss the roles that expectations can play in social cognitive processing.Be sure to discuss this in the context of both conserving mental effort and accuracy motivation.

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Question 10

Using the covariation model,explain a scenario in which one would likely make an internal attribution after Rosa,a 7-year old girl,told her classmate,Sally,to shut up.Do the same for an external and an interaction attribution.

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Quiz 3: Social Cognition: Understanding Ourselves and Others